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This episode we are joined by another bug hero: Dr Emily Durkin! We talk about her research looking at tiny mites that ride around on fruit flies. Tangents: mosquitoes, hornworms, pets, and jumping spiders! Check out how cute her dog Pfeffer is! Follow Emily here on Blue Sky @miteymle.bsky.social

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This time we are joined by Ben Knowlton and Zillah Smith of There Will Be Bugs Podcast to talk about one of their favorite bugs, the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). These beetles have it all: battles, mites, an endangered species listing. But most importantly they have each other.

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Kelly and Producer Derek are back from the ESA conference in Pheonix and Kelly shares some stories. Not a bug, but the evolutionary arms race between scorpions and their predators has created a truly terrific terror. Tangents: butterflies,Disney, and vikings. (Image credit: Minden Pictures/Alamy)

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This is an episode we banked during the summer. Kelly and Amanda discuss velvet ants, which are not actually ants at all. And the Bee-Team lore expands ever onward! Tangents include Zendaya at the Met Gala, Ultraman, and anime villains. #scicomm #sciencepodcast #entomology #entomologypodcast

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Check out our podcast episode on the Bugs Need Heroes podcast all about the peppered moth and industrial melanism! HOT SCIENTIST GOSSIP included. The pod Blue Sky is @bugsneedheroes.bsky.social and you can listen everywhere you get podcasts, including YouTube. #scicomm #podcast #swifties

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Kelly and Producer Derek had a great time at #EntSoc24 conference in Phoenix! We talked to a lot of folks about coming on the pod to talk about their favorite bugs! Please reach out if you'd like to be on. #entomology #scicomm #podcast

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Producer Derek dressed up as a mantis for Halloween and alongside his bug-themed kitties! Zotz the butterfly and Rotunda as a bee who is totally over it. #catsofbluesky #cats #halloween

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This time we are joined by our friend Dr Mike Glynn to talk about cats for our Halloween episode. Lots of stories of our dear pets both current and past. A few try to join the podcast! Pictured below is Derek's baby Rotunda, ready for Halloween! #scicomm #cats #podcast #sciencepodcast #pets

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We are back from hiatus and you can really tell with this episode. Kelly and Amanda get all the wiggles out with this very wiggly bug. This episode is more explicit than usual with a very unusual critter. Images found on iNaturalist of O. viridimaculatus, photo by Carey Knox, CC0 1.0 Universal

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This week we are joined once again by Kevin Wiener of All Bugs Go To Kevin. Kevin has a deep love for #brownrecluse and hopes to dispel some of the fear around this significant arachnid. Tangents include grief, voice notes, and cats. And a special life update from Kevin at the end of the episode.

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Amanda recently found a patch of tansy ragwort that had been ravaged by cinnabar moth caterpillars. Its been almost completely defoliated. Impressive. Hard to believe it's been a year since we covered these little creatures! Episode page: www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/tea... #entomology #moths

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Kelly's parents had a tobacco #hornworm on their tomato plant! This #chonker ate all the leaves, no remorse. We discuss these hefty heroes (or villains to Kelly's parents) in our latest episode The Model Organism. Make sure to check out Bugs Need Heroes everywhere you get your #podcasts! #scicomm

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It's national Moth Week and our latest podcast episode is all about hornworms and hawk moths (Sphingidae)! Amanda found one in her yard, a tobacco hornworm, and Producer Derek has a few pupae from feeder hornworms he bought at the store. Listen anywhere you get pods for more info! #scicomm #mothweek

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NATIONAL MOTH WEEK! We are celebrating by discussing a really hefty bug. A real chonker. There are over 1400 species of Sphingidae moths, and they start as juicy, mouthwatering caterpillars. It is a bug that Amanda has met and you may find in your garden on your tomatoes! #mothweek #entomology

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Amanda tries (and fails) to resist singing the hit single from 2009 by Owl City as we talk about the Lampyridae family of beetles. They have many names, all of them deceptive. They are not flies, they do not produce heat or lightning, and they are not worms, they are very buggy. #scicomm #entomology

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New #podcast episode out! It's a rambunctious episode as Just the Zoo of Us Podcast host Ellen Weatherford joins us to settle a debate: are shrimps bugs? Are mantis shrimps shrimps? #scicomm #sciencebluesky #marinebiology #podcastbluesky #sciencepodcast

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New episode out, everywhere you get your podcasts! All about oil beetles and blister beetles! Content Warning for the episode: discussion of adult topics, including sexual assault and BDSM. #scicomm #sciencepodcast #entomology #podcasting #beetles

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Check out our latest episode for all the hot peppered moth gossip! #taylorswift #entomology #scicomm #swifties #moths #moth

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Happy MOTH-er's Day to all the Mom's out there! Our latest episode is up and here is our visual component. Learn all about how pollution drove the peppered moth to change colors! Also in this episode a ton of juicy scientist infighting and trash talk! #scicomm www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5pg...

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Producer Derek visited Salt Lake City, Utah and came across this awesome bug street art! How cool! Tag us in any bug related street art you see! We'd love to check it out. #saltlakecity #streetart #bugsneedheroes #beeart #bees #entomology #utah #mural #murals

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Happy Star Wars Day! Kelly and friend of the pod Ped gave a talk about the Biology of Star Wars at Rose City Comic Con. Check out the recording on YouTube! #starwarsday #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #maythefourthbewithyou #scicomm youtu.be/n7Fm4aWWCd4?...

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Rotunda is in her special podcasting chair! She hangs out with Derek during our recordings and sometimes while he is editing. #catsofbluesky #cat #cats #sleepingcats #podcaster #podcasting

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Our latest episode is out! Another cute bug this week! Mole crickets live in the soil and build musical instruments to augment their melodies. Tangents include Disney movies, exploding whales, marching band energy. And Kelly still hasn't seen A Bug's Life. #entomology #scicomm #nature #podcast

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On this week's episode, we talk about the spring-time sensation: carpet beetles! We also discuss how their cousins in the Dermestidae family are used in taxidermy and forensic entomology. #entomology #science #podcast #ecology #sciencebluesky #carpetbeetle #beetles #scicomm

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This week Amanda and Kelly are joined by Roger McMullan to talk about periodical Cicadas and his graphic novel about them. Roger's graphic novel: mcmullanhouse.org/portfolio/ci... Cicada ID app: www.cicadasafari.org

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New episode drop! Dr. M Grampus (VINEGAROONS aka WHIP SCORPIONS)! This episode we discuss an adventurous arachnid with a powerful presence and a tender heart. Tangents include cookies, the films of George Lucas, and the parietal eye of some almost-lizards.

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Producer Desi is at it again! Derek's cats are always excited to help edit our episodes, whether Derek has agreed to it or not.

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This episode Amanda learns about a bug didn't know that she kinda knew when we discuss Robber Flies (family Asilidae). We talk about their protective beards, mobile pupae, impressive disguises. Tangents include Michael Fassbender, Percy Jackson, and other bugs that we love.

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Producer Derek and Kelly have been enjoying Baldur's Gate 3 lately (like everyone else!). Kelly made Good Katy, the Druid based off of our latest hero the katydid - first image. Producer Derek made his kitty Rotunda. Have you been enjoying BG3? Have you made any bug heroes? Let us know!

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Some good katys dropped in to visit producer Derek and Amanda's mom! This is probably the oak bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum) or its cousin the southern oak bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum). Adorable little katy, either way!

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This episode contains discussion of sexual behaviors in katydids, which is surprisingly gross. This is our Valentine's Day episode. This week we try to discuss katydids (Family: Tettigoniidae) but we get awfully off track. #podcast #entomology

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New episode drop! This episode contains discussion of sexual behaviors in isopods and other animals.

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Kelly has been very sick the past few days, missing last Sunday's recording. When able to drag herself off of the couch she's been playing cute games on Steam. She even managed to find a "snoot fly" in Core Keeper, which looks a lot like a mosquito. Always be bugging.

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