Arthro-Pod

Arthro-Pod Episode 31: Winter is coming for insects


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Hi there bug lovers! On today's show Jody and Jonathan discuss how insects survive the falling temperatures of winter. While some may just wait out the cold as an egg, others may stick around as an adult form which can lead to negative interactions in our homes. How can we prevent invaders and which are the most likely to be found indoors? Tune in to find out! Pictures of Jody's infamous five fall invaders (All photos copyright of Jody Green; Nebraska Extension): Multicolored Asian ladybeetles, note the "M" on pronotum which stands for multicolored Asian ladybeetle Conifer seed bug Cluster fly with fine golden hair Boxelder bugs clustered together trying to get inside Brown marmorated stink bug adult, the latest invasive to Nebraska Show notes on fall invaders https://lancaster.unl.edu/hort/articles/2011/FallInvaders.shtml https://communityenvironment.unl.edu/pest-month-fall-invaders Questions? Comments?  Follow the hosts on Twitter @JLarson_UNL, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through iTunes!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're on Stitcher too!  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
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