On today's show we will be slightly stepping outside of our normal arthropod parameters! Join us as we visit with bat expert Dr. Luke Dodd of Eastern Kentucky University to learn about these interesting insect predators! We also dig into bat conservation, predator/prey interactions, in addition to our usual show segments!  Dr. Dodd in his natural habitat One of the stars of the show, a tri-color bat Pest Profile The squash vine borer The squash vine borer can attack and kill squash, pumpkin, and other gourd type plants. If you don't take care of it quick you could lose all your hard work! Tune in to hear about control methods. Photos by Jeff Hahn, University of MinnesotaFor additional help check out these links: UNL squash vine borer help University of Minnesota squash vine borer help University of Kentucky squash vine borer help Entomology Today News Karner blue conservation projectDavid R. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQNew info on where brown marmorated stink bugs like to hang out  Questions? Comments? Email: [email protected] the show on TwitterGet the show through iTunes!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!  Thanks for listening! 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 Intermission music: "Season of the Witch" by Bloomfield, Cooper, and Stills. All rights reserved. Music was obtained legally.