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In this episode, Michael and Jonathan speak with Dr. Val Korneyev, professor of entomology and head of the Entomology Department at the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology in Kyiv, Ukraine. Topics discussed include his work with tephritoid fruit flies, the 6 million specimen collection at the institute, and evacuating important type specimens from Kyiv to Berlin, Germany during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Other anecdotes include coming of age as a scientist in the USSR during the 1980's and dealing with the KGB, the view of Ukrainian science to some in Western Europe and the Americas, as well as the future of Ukrainian entomology after the war. Viktor Baranov (left, guest in Episode 108) and Valery Korneyev (right). Photos courtesy of Viktor Baranov via Twitter.   Bags containing boxes of type specimens being evacuated from Kyiv to Berlin during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photos courtesy of Viktor Baranov via Twitter. If you want to learn more about Val's scholarly work, here are his Google Scholar profile and Research Gate profile, as well as presentations he's given on Old World Pyrgotidae and “Parasitic Fruit Flies”: Pyrgotidae, Ctenostylidae, Tachiniscidae. Questions? Comments?  Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! 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  

  Welcome back to Arthro-Pod bug lovers! Today's episode is a jam-packed guest bonanza, with three visitors stopping by to talk about their careers. We are joined by Jennifer Gordon of Bug Lessons, Chelle Hartzer of 360 Pest and Food Consulting, and Janet Kintz-Early of JAK Consulting Services. We dive into what being an entomological consultant means, the services they offer, and how one might get into the career field. It is a lot of fun to hear from folks who are passionate about their work and have some interesting entomological tales to tell. Tune in to hear all about it!  The making of a podcast! Show Notes Chelle Hartzer and 360 Pest & Food Website: https://www.chellehartzer.com/ Latest "Wine-ing about pest control": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahYbnNMsEIQ Jennifer Gordon and Bug Lessons Website:  www.buglessons.com Janet Kintz-Early and JAK Pesticide Consultants Website: https://www.jakconsultingservices.com/  Questions? Comments?  Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! 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

  Last episode, we dove into the reasons why the ESA chose to select a new common name for Lymantria dispar and why we'll be using spongy moth going forward. Today's episode looks further into this species by covering the introduction of spongy moth to North America. This historic event was the result of an idea by entomologist Etienne Leopold Trouvelot. In an attempt to establish an American silk industry, Trouvelot imported this invasive species and sadly lost control of them, ultimately imposing a mighty pest on North America. Join us to hear about what he was thinking, what exactly happened in Medford, MA, and what fate befell Trouvelot and the situation he created.  Here we can see Trouvelot on the left, in the only known photo of him. Next to him, the spongy moth caterpillar which he unfortunately helped bring to North America.  Show Notes:Much of the research for today's episode comes from a book by Robert Spear, "The Great Gypsy Moth War" Trouvelot may have had a bad idea for his entomology research, but he did garner some renown in the world of astronomy in the second half of his academic life. As we detail in the episode, he was able to command a premium price for his services and artwork and his celestial art still captures attention today. Here's just a few examples: Trouvelot's lunar craters Trouvelot's Jupiter The Jupiter drawing as it appears in an episode of Star Trek Trouvelot's Saturn Questions? Comments?  Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! 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

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

Arthro-Pod host Michael Skvarla speaks with Dr. Viktor Baranov, a Ukrainian entomologist living in Germany, about the unjustified war of aggression between Russia and Ukraine through the lens of entomology. Specifically, they discuss the climate and geography of Ukraine and how that impacts the entomofauna of the country, important historic and living Ukrainian entomologists, Ukrainian amber deposits and how they fit into the wider scope of European (e.g., Baltic) amber, and how the war with Russia may affect entomology in Ukraine in the future. These somewhat disparate topics are threaded together by Dr. Baranov's personal and professional history and experiences. Show notes Dr. Viktor Baranov, guest of the episode. He's on Twitter @swarmofthought. Google Scholar, Research Gate, Personal research website. Map of Ukraine. By Grid Ardenal, in the public domain.   Hierodula transcaucasica, Crimea. Photo by V. Inshyna, used with permission.   Bolivaria brachyptera, Crimea. Photo by V. Inshyna, used with permission.  Ameles heldreichi, Crimea. Photo by V. Inshyna, used with permission.  Distoleon tetragrammicus, Crimea. Photo by V. Inshyna, used with permission.  Leibelloides macaronius, Crimea. Photo by V. Inshyna, used with permission.  Hydrobaenus korneyevi type locality in Crimea.     Serhiy Yakowych Paramoniv (1894-1967), a prolific Ukrainian dipterist who described 700 species in 185 scientific articles. Due to his efforts during WWII, a number of historic buildings and lives were saved but after the war he fled into exile from the Soviet Union.  Source: V.O. Korneyev. Presentation about Paramoniv by Prof. Valery Korneyev [in Ukrainian]. Example of Paramoniv's scholarly work: Paramonov, S. J. (1955) XVII.—Notes on Australian Diptera (XVI–XIX), Journal of Natural History Series 12, 8:86, 125-14.   Kyiv burning during WWII. September 1941. Public domain. Ginsburg’s house blown up by Soviet NKVD, September, 1941. In the public domain     National Academy of Science in Kyiv, one of the buildings saved from destruction by S. Y. Paramoniv. Photograph by Star61, in the public domain.   National Opera in Kyiv. Photograph by AMY via Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain.     Prof. Valery Korneyev, Head of the Department of Entomology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. Google Scholar, Research Gate. Photograph by V. Baranov, used with permission.   Dr. Natalia Matushkina, Institute of Biology and Medicine, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.  Research Gate.  Learn more about the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine [in English]. Learn more about Ukrainian fauna at the Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network. Some trustworthy sources for news about Ukraine, including the invasion: Kyiv Independent Censor.netKyiv Post Ways to help: List of charities accepting monetary donationsDonate directly the Ukrainian National Bank Canadians: The Canadian Government is matching donations to the Canadian Red Cross dollar for dollar. Questions? 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

 Join us today on Arthro-Pod as we meet up with Frank Meek, BCE, PCQI, the technical manager of Rollins inc., the parent company of Orkin Pest Control.  Frank started his career with Orkin back in 1986, simply because he needed a job, but remained and succeeded in the industry because he loves his work and enjoys training others about the very important role of the pest controller or pest management professional in society. Today we explore how Frank defines IPM and the public misconceptions of pest management and learn about some of the out-of-the-box experiences he’s had with phorid flies in a mausoleum, earwigs in a cheese factory, pests of ancient artifacts, ants on an oil rig, and the time he called in the Navy to assist with a special case. What pests keeps Frank up at night? What scares him, if it’s not 300 ft heights or tight and confined spaces like tombs, tunnels, and crawlspaces? Tune in to find out!Frank Meek, International Man of Pest Management  Show notesFrank has received recognition and several awards for his achievements, and our team was grateful that he made time to enlighten us through storytelling about pest control around the world.  Article about Frank Meek: https://www.pctonline.com/article/meek-rollins-ipm-award/  Contact: https://www.rollins.com/ https://www.orkin.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-meek-bce-pcqi-73414934/ Email: [email protected]   Quotes from our interview: “The fun part of it is solving problems. The fun part of this is helping people and teaching people.” – Frank Meek  “No little boy or girl ever grew up and said, “I’m going to be a pest controller.’ You fall into it. You love it and you stick with it, or you hate it and we try and run you off as fast as possible because if you don’t love it and don’t enjoy the work, you’re not going to be any good at it.” – Frank Meek  Questions? 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

 Howdy bug lovers! On today's episode of Arthro-Pod, our guest is Morgan Wilson, a research technician and PhD graduate student at Dodson Urban Pest Management Laboratory at Virginia Tech. She is involved in some very exciting and applied field and laboratory research with German cockroaches and bed bugs with the goal of finding solutions for these troublesome pests in public housing. Find out the answers to questions like: Do bed bugs and cockroaches live together? Can you ever get rid of a heavy cockroach infestation in an apartment building? How to heat treatments for bed bugs work? What is fumigation and how can it be used against bed bugs? And finally, are bed bugs cute? We can all sleep better knowing that researchers like Morgan are seeking answers to our problems with these troublesome urban pests.   A mess of German cockroaches Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org Show notes https://www.ento.vt.edu/people/Gradstudent(New)/M_Wilson.html  Bed Bug Egg Development Time Lapse as explained by Morgan in the podcast: https://youtu.be/4xDtI6_45Gc https://drive.google.com/file/d/19XU8kip8vGkCuJtXDyDUIQIAWINsp42r/viewWhere you can find Morgan and the work being done at the Virginia Tech Bed Bug and Urban Pest Information Center: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VTBedBugandUrbanPestInformationCenter/  Instagram: vtbedbug  Questions? 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

Hello bug lovers! Today's show is a little bit different from what we normally offer! We're focusing on college nicknames and mascots that have an arthropod bend to them. There are quite a few schools out there who have chosen an arthropod of some sort to represent them and we are trying to cover them all. From boll weevils to yellowjackets. We discuss issues with the anatomy of some of these mascots, why schools may have picked certain species to represent them, and why we like or dislike each of them. We also handed out some awards to the fictional arthropods we thought deserved them! Tune in to hear all about it!! Stinger the Hornet of Alabama State University if a good example of the classic arthropod mascot Show notes Today's show is a little more visual than our usual audio content. To help with that, we hope you will use the slides below to follow along! Arthropod mascot Powerpoint Some links to places where you can find even more mascot information Wikipedia list of college nicknames Mascot Database http://mascotdb.com/ We also gave out some awards on our show! Best Overall Presentation University of Richmond Spiders Enterprise State Boll Weevils Cutie Pie Award Universidad de Guanajuato Bees University of Baltimore Bees Most Scientifically Accurate Alabama State University Hornets Nevada State Scorpions Unique choice University of South Carolina Sumter Fire Ants Emporia State University Hornets Questions? 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

  Howdy bug lovers! On today's episode of Arthro-Pod, the gang meets up with Joe LaForest, Associate director of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia. Joe was kind enough to talk to us about his work with two great entomology projects, Bugwood and EDDMaps. Bugwood in particular may be familiar to many listeners as a database of images that are free to use (with attribution of course). Dive in with us as we get to hear the origins of these projects, how we can all contribute, and how they may best serve you.  Show Notes Check out Bugwood at https://www.bugwood.org/ EDDMaps https://www.eddmaps.org/species/  You can also meet Joe's pup at @sleepzoomsleep on Twitter. Prepare for adorable greyhound content!Oh Insect Images, how I love you.  Questions? 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

Howdy, howdy bug lovers! On today's episode of Arthro-Pod, we welcome Chris Hayes, from NC State. Chris is a PhD student and graduate teaching and research assistant in Dr. Colby Schal's lab. Chris met Jody at Pest World a few months ago and we were excited to invite him on to the program. Chris's work is focused on the intersection of entomology and global health. His work has been multidisciplinary through the years and he has tons of unique and awesome stories to share. Tune in to hear more! You can find Chris on the web at:  YouTube: TedXNCState Chris Hayes  Leaving a Legacy: The Realities of Conducting Research in Complex Areas  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxmugn3UV7E&t=624s   LinkedIn: Christopher Hayes (not the MSNBC guy!)  Instagram: amanonamosquito  Website: cchayes.wordpress.ncsu.edu  Questions? 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