Entomologist gets e-mail about paper..25 years later

Having published a paper 25 years ago and then getting maybe two phone calls from colleagues to discuss a few finer points and "keep in touch", Cal Obermeyer was surprised to get his biggest fan letter ever.

"Yes, this senior in college in Cologne e-mailed me and proposed numerous further studies based on my paper (THE ICHNEUMON WASP VENTURIA CANESCENS: OVIPOSITION AND AVOIDANCE OF SUPERPARASITISM)."

I am pretty much done with field-work, but I can get him some funding and maybe a place in a grad school here. This is fantastic!

Cal said he would take some minimal part in the field work and would come and look at the setup and observe the insects.