Ryan Bridge has gone buggy and he doesn’t care who knows it. In fact, if there’s anyone who can put a positive spin on the world of pests, it’s Ryan “The Bugman” Bridge.
Bridge’s enthusiasm is hardly containable as he waxes rhapsodic about the world of insects. “I got into them when I was five, or six years old. All kids love bugs at that age, but they don’t always stick with it, including my own kids,” he said.
Bridge, a resident of Mount Wolf, credits the York County 4H Entomology Club for fueling his fervor. “That’s where I learned how to catch, kill, mount and display insects,” said Bridge, who has built a business and a career, around educating everyone from children to seniors about insects.
Bridge hasn’t always been known as “The Bug Man,” however. “I worked retail, loss prevention, drove a Fedex truck and even tried to be a cop….. but I had to be pushed out of my traditional routine before I ended up where I belonged,” said Bridge. He credits a friend who runs a marketing company in Las Vegas with realizing the viability of The Bug Man and helped him develop a web site and spread the news on social media. “That was eight years ago and it’s been gangbusters ever since,” said Bridge, whose job takes him to libraries, birthday parties, daycare centers, preschools, senior centers, state and county parks and summer camps, to name a few….
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