Insects for Fun!
By insectsforfun
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Episodes: 162
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An informational podcast covering all things insect and arthropod, hosted by a master in entomology! Join me every week to learn something new from notable species to broad topics and lore!
You can support the show and get extra episodes here: patreon.com/user?u=46499107
Email: Insectsfordummies@gmail.com
You can support the show and get extra episodes here: patreon.com/user?u=46499107
Email: Insectsfordummies@gmail.com
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Ensign Wasps! (The Roach Hunters)
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May 05, 2026 |
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The invisible menace you've definitely met! (No-See-Ums)
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Nature's most obnoxious vampires! (Horeseflies and Deerflies)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Myth Busting Craneflies!
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Dragon Headed Katydids!
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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The Monsters Within! Strepsiptera and Tarsonemid Mites (Internal Hosts of Insects)
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Insects That Shouldn’t Exist: Life on the Edge of Survival!
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Thorn Bugs! Masters of Masquerade
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Termite Skyscrapers & Ant Metropolises: Nature’s Ultimate Architects
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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This fly can eat dragonflies!? (Robberflies)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Huntsman Spiders!
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Bugs in space!
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Plume Moths: Tiny, T-Shaped, and Totally Underrated!
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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The weird world of water fleas!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Insect plagues and how they start! (NOT the black plague)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Hummingbird Moths!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The hidden lives of Honeypot Ants!
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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The old world Swallowtail Butterfly!
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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These wasps are artists! (Potter Wasps)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Snail eating beetles! (Carabinae)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Terrariums 101!
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Indy is that you? (Whip Spiders!)
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Don't kill these flies! (Hoverflies)
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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All's fair(?) in love and war with Field Crickets!
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The executioner! (wasp)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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These bugs are silent killers (Assasin Bugs!)
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Click Beetles!
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Owlflies!
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Is it a mantis? Wasp? Fly? It's a Mantidfly!
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Are we screwed? (Screwworms)
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Tiny Creatures, BIG legends!
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Mighty Mites!
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Tiny Insect Imposters! (Springtails)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Freshwater Goblins? (Dobsonflies!)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Carnivorous Caterpillars!
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Gall Wasps!
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May 29, 2025 |
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Lobster Moths!
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May 19, 2025 |
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Cave Dwelling Insects!
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May 12, 2025 |
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Insects that live in extreme heat!
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May 06, 2025 |
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Insects that use tools!
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Rainbow Stag Beetles!
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Is it a giant bumblebee or a goddess? (Bombus Dahlbomii)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Underwater Spiders! (Diving Bell Spider)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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New Blue Ants and the Medical Techniques of Florida Carpenter Ants!
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Mole Crabs!
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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When you've got lemons in NZ, you probably have "lemon tree borers"
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The European Ground Beetle (Carabus coriaceus)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The Dubious Dubia Roach!
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Oil Beetles!
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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The longest legged arthropod! (Japanese spider crabs)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The silkmoth that squeaks! (Rhodinia fugax)
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The Devil's Idol Mantis! (Devil's Flower Mantis)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Yellow Crazy Ants!
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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The fastest land insects have a secret that no other beetles can use!
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Interview with entomologist, artist, and author Barrett Klein (New Book: The Insect Epiphony)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Joro Spiders! (The new spiders on the block)
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Spotted Lanternflies! (what we now know)
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Tortoise Beetles!
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Jumping Spiders! (Cutest Spiders?)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Leaf Miners!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Trilobites! The prehistoric rolly pollys of the sea.
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Carnivorous Plants!
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Patreon Episode: A two day delay beetle, ants that make lions lose their game, and more!
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Hermit Crabs! (are they actually hermits?)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Cherry Shrimps! (Neocaridina davidi)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Giant Wood Moths! (Heaviest Moth)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Goliath Beetles!
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Swallowtail Butterflies! (An Overview)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Paper Wasps!
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Urban Entomology! (Insects in the city and more...)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Sea Slaters/Wharf Roaches!
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May 28, 2024 |
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Millipedes!
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May 21, 2024 |
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Centipedes!
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May 14, 2024 |
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These skippers skipped the Butterflies 101 lecture (Skipper Butterflies)
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May 07, 2024 |
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It's Tony the Tiger Beetle!? (Tiger Beetles)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Insect culture in Japan and why it's so good!
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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We get it, these butterflies are white! (Cabbage White Butterflies)
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Oh yes, Katy did! (Katydids/Bush Crickets)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Me oh My oh Mayfly! (Mayflies/Shadflies/Fishflies)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Green Lacewings! aka Aphid Lions
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Horseshoe Crabs! Wait...they aren't actually crabs?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Patreon Episode: Butterfly memories, the decision making of insects, native plants on insect diversity and more!
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Harvestmen/Daddy Long Legs!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Isopods as Pets 101!
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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These cats could send you to the hospital! (Puss Caterpillars)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Harlequin Beetles! (Acrocinus longimanus)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Compost Companions! (top 3 critters that love eating your leftovers)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Nature's Grave Diggers! (Sexton Beetles)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Giraffe Weevils!
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Insects that don’t lay eggs!? (live birthing insects and how they do it)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Prehistoric Insects! When they appeared, what they were like and why they’re gone..
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Christmas Beetles!
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Bed Bugs 101!
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Tarantula Hawks!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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These violins can walk? (Violin Beetles)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Sea Monkeys! What the heck are they anyway?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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This one’s a stinker! (Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Are insects Crustaceans? Are Lobsters just Roaches of the sea?
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Insect Horror Stories: 2
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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The most misunderstood centipede! (House centipede)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Insect Horror Stories: 1
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Why we hate Cockroaches and why it’s justified!
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The North American moon moth! (Actias Luna)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Secrets of the sand trap (Antlions)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Natural born divers! (Predacious Diving Beetles)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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I can’t believe they’re not wasps! (sesiidae clearwing moths)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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These beetles can blast boiling acid! (Bombardier beetles)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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How do insects smell, taste and hear? Do they feel pain? These questions and more!
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Parasitoids! The rulers of Biological Control
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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These wolves are no bark and little bite! (Wolf Spiders)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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I can’t believe they aren’t gummies! (Jewel Caterpillars)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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These Ants are NOT what they seem... (Velvet Ants)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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This is not a Scorpion or a Fly! (Scorpionflies!)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Don’t Kill these Killer Wasps! (Cicada Killers)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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It’s all about what you do with the doodoo! (Dung Beetles)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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The Majestic Morpho Dragonfly! (Zenithoptera lanei)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Do they actually go in your ears!? (Earwigs)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Insects in Medicine! (Entomotherapy)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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The American born Chinese Mantis! (Tenodera sinensis)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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The wild world of Velvet Worms!
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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This stick is walking without me! (Australian Spiny Stick Insect)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Toe Biters! The beasty bugs of our fresh waters (Giant Water Bugs)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Everythin’s Bettah with a Wētā! (Wētās)
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May 29, 2023 |
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What a peanut head… wait… that’s actually the name? (Fulgora laternaria)
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May 22, 2023 |
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Something is in Deez Nuts! (Acorn Weevils)
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May 15, 2023 |
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That’s not Bob... that builder is a... Bee!? (Carpenter Bees)
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ahoy Halobates! (Oceanic Water Skaters)
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May 01, 2023 |
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The strange relationship between Gossamer Butterflies and Ants
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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These moles can fly and swim!? (Mole Crickets)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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The Stars That Fly Among Us! (Fireflies with Guest Speaker: Sarah Lower)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Special Collaboration with Just Bugs!
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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That’s not an owl... right? (Owl Butterflies)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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The Hickory Horned Devil! (Citheronia regalis)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Locusts vs Grasshoppers and a swarm the size of Japan!?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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The fungus that inspired HBO’s and Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us”
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Not your average Bull! (Bull Ants)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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The Blue Winged Helicopter! (Damselfly)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Wait... insects can make webs too!? (Webspinners)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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The Caterpillar that eats Garbage!? (Greater Wax Worms)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Dragonfly or Demonfly?
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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The first domesticated insect and sericulture! (The Silkmoth: Bombyx mori)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Hercules! The myth. The legend. The beetle? (Hercules Beetle)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The oldest living insects! (Silverfish & Firebrats)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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The Blue Morpho isn’t actually Blue!? (Blue Morpho Butterflies)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Something ACTUALLY lives there!? (Antarctic Midge)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Human Invaders! (Parasites)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The ants with no home! (Army Ants)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Lesser Known Jewels! (Jewel Bugs)
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Fighting Crime with Insects! (Forensic Entomology)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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The Truth behind the Murder Hornet! (Northern Giant Hornets)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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These bugs are spitting on my lawn! (Spittle Bugs)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Who’s that butterfly!? (Question Mark Butterflies)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The bug that can’t stop campaigning! (Boxelders)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Caterpillar!? (Woolly Bears)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The Falling Monarch (Monarch Butterflies)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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All About The Ladies! (Ladybugs)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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The Late Bloomer Bug! (Cicadas!)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Butterfly of Death!
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Is it a bug or an insect?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Do we REALLY need bees?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Insects are our friends AND food!?
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Is it Preying or Praying? Mantises!
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Sep 05, 2022 |