bugsneedheroes.bsky.social
A podcast illustrating the inspiring abilities of insects! Each episode an artist and entomologist create a new bug-themed superhero.
www.bugsneedheroes.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Burying beetle image public domain from USGS.
Tangents include tattoos, cats (always!), scale insects, coyotes, and what it's like not being an entomologist.
Zillah's art: www.instagram.com/zillahsmith/
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Zillah's website: www.zillahsmith.com
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This female Pseudomethoca sp. is a real beauty! Thanks to Kevin Wiener of All Bugs Go to kevin (FB page) for the photo.
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Kelly's chonky pirate boy Finn (one eye three legs)
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Kelly's old man Darcy
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Producer Derek's wild boy Zotz
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This is Producer Derek's cat Desi, who often joins us for recordings!
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I don't have footage of anything, but our co-host @fillsyourniche.bsky.social gave a talk at Flame Con in NYC about Queer Animals a few weeks ago. It was an hour all about same-sex relationships, sex, and offspring rearing in animals.
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Woah huge nest! Are you planning on leaving it up? We know it can get a little hectic if they are in a busy area.
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Our condolences! Kelly's mom had zero tomatoes this summer due to those squishy little butts.
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Cute little flower fly! Look at that guy pretending to be a bee!
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Thank you! We do share photos on our Instagram account (@bugsneedheroes) but we'll start uploading them to Blue Sky as well!
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This week Amanda and Kelly discuss a weird group of beetles and its unusual life history and its role in history as a supposed aphrodisiac. Although we mostly focus on the Oil Beetles (Meloe genus), we also talk about some other blister beetles including spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria).
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One of our subscribers in our sub-Reddit (/r/bugsneedheroes) also shared a pink katydid! So head over there to check that photo out.
If you love a good katy check out our podcast episode all about katydids!
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Tangents include discounted chocolate, PalWorld vs Pokemon, the musical CATS, and many other things that we had to cut for time. And Kelly gives an update on becoming Dr Kelly.
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Tangents include the gut microbiome, tiktok, the pet trade, and the video games Death Stranding and Baldur's Gate 3 (no spoilers!). And a lot of discussion about sex and reproduction. We also ask if you can eat them and if shrimps is bugs (yes).
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This week we are joined by Dr. Scott Kight of Montclair State University to discuss terrestrial isopods. They are known by many common names and come in two basic shapes: runners and rollers. Dr. Kight has used them to investigate questions about parental care and wider mysteries of biology.