Welcome everyone to the fifth episode of Arthro-Pod!  On today's episode we meet up with our first real life guest, Michael Skvarla of the University of Arkansas. Mike is a taxonomist by trade and is here to talk about taxonomy and sytematics, how to name organisms you discover, and even falconry!  The legend himselfThe episode is our longest yet, but it's full of interesting facts about a type of science not a lot of people think about.  Mike mentioned a few awesome links to check out! Mike's falconry blog Funny taxonomic names There was a recent article that deals with systematics and re-draws some of the groups of insects. here is more from the awesome Bug-Gwen at wired.com PEST PROFILE We also have our pest profile of course, featuring the tiny but annoying fruit fly. You can control these diminutive critters but you'll need to use integrated pest management tactics and bring some patience as well.  Links on fruit fly control: How to make a fruit fly trap from UNL Extension Fruit fly info from the University of Kentucky  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 Intro music: An adaptation Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway, used and altered without permission.