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Biorhiza pallida oak galls (new and old) from http://www. aphotoflora.com/ Used with permission.
also had a passion for botany and co-authored a popular book on edible wild plants. One wonders how he had time to think about anything else. f •
But he obviously had other interests as well because H*S 1935 he began a long-term scientific study of human sexual behavior that culminated in the famous (or infamous, depending
on your persuasion) Kinney Reports, which topped the bestr seller lists in the 1950’s and turned Kinsey into a celebrity '
His research on humans was done the same way he studied cynipids, by collecting enormous amounts of objective raw data and then analyzing it-to discover important underlying patterns. His sex research lias always been controversial, but his contribution to our knowledge of cynipids represents a magnificent achievement in entomology.
Next time you see an oak apple gall, think of the tiny wasp living inside like a pearl in an oyster, fed and sheltered by plant tissues that develop in response to its very presence. And then think of the cynipid expert, Alfred C. Kinsey, who probably knew more about these wasps than anyone before or since.
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