Howdy bug lovers! On today's episode of Arthro-Pod, the gang is joined by Ahn Tran and Josh Lancette, who graciously agreed to talk about the Entomological Society of America's Better Common Names group, of which they are both members.  The Better Common Names Taskforce is working to make sure that the common names we use to communicate about insects don't enforce negative stereotypes or use racist language. They are best known for helping to change the common name of Lymantria dispar to "the spongy moth". Tune in to hear about how this important committee came to be, why this work is needed for entomology, and the process by which the group came to pick spongy moth.  Show Notes:Learn moreabout the Better Common Names Projecthttps://entsoc.org/publications/common-names/better-common-names-project Pre-order Biotic Borders by Jeannie N. Shinozukahttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo131341992.html To read more about the name spongy moth, check this link! https://entsoc.org/publications/common-names/spongy-mothWar and Nature, which our guest Josh Lancette quotes from https://www.google.com/books/edition/War_and_Nature/pDW4YNkmvZYC?hl=enQuestions? Comments?  Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Beginning/ending theme: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0