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 Howdy bug lovers! Today, we are honored to be joined by Dr. Ashley Kennedy the Delaware Tick Biologist in the state Division of Fish and Wildlife! However, we are not recording with her to talk about ticks! Instead she shares with us her graduate experiences focused on birds eating bugs. Her research included an interesting angle of recruiting the public to send in images of birds eating. What insects do birds like to eat the most? You'll have to tune in to find out! Show NotesArticle about Ashley in Entomology Today (June 2021) “Coming Full Circle: How an Entomologist’s Experience with Vector-Borne Disease Inspired her to Study Them” https://entomologytoday.org/2021/06/22/entomologist-vector-borne-diseases-inspired-study-ashley-kennedy-standout-early-career-professional/  When one goes to the ESA meeting near Halloween, it's best to be prepared with an awesome costume!   Facebook Community Page: What Do Birds Eat? https://www.facebook.com/WhatDoBirdsEat/ Crowd-source photos and resources about birds-insect food web interaction  YouTube: Ashley’s video was one of five finalists for the ESA Video Contest in 2018. Great visuals of birds and insects.  What do bluebirds eat?  Vimeo: Ashley presenting her PhD research at LRSM Science Café (The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, the LRSM, is the center for materials research at the University of Pennsylvania) “Living Materials: What the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Means for You and Your Yard” (January 2020) LRSM Science Café: Ashley Kennedy “Living Materials: What the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Means for You and Your Yard” Ticks of Delaware: Ticks of Delaware  You can find Dr. Ashley on twitter @DETickTalk  https://twitter.com/DETickTalk   We have had some questions recently about donations to the show. We won't be setting up anything for ourselves because of the logistics regarding us being university folks and this show being part of our work, but if you have a giving spirit we highly encourage you to go to the Entomologists of Color group and donate. They are also known as #ENTOPOC and their mission is one that we believe is a great cause for entomology and science. You can visit https://www.entopoc.org/donate to support them and say that Arthro-Pod sent 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 bug lovers! We're back after our 100th episode celebration and the Arthro-Pod gang is joined by Dr. David Coyle of Clemson to talk about some problematic invasive species. The first is Asian longhorn beetle, a wood boring pest that can cause extensive issues for city landscapes and forests. David ended up with this big beetle in his state last year during the early stages of the pandemic, further complicating the problem. We also discuss the latest on the Joro spider, a problematic arachnid that seems to like the state of Georgia. Will it be the next "murder hornet" that captures everyone's attention? Tune in and find out! Show Notes Clemson Profile: https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/faculty_staff/profiles/dcoyle  Forest Health Southern Regional Extension Forestry http://southernforesthealth.net/ Asian Longhorn beetle https://www.clemson.edu/public/regulatory/plant-industry/plant-pest-regulations/state-plant-pest-information/pest-alerts/alb.html Joro Spider A Joro spider chilling on Dr. Coyle's hand UGA Scientists confirm first North American record of East Asian Joro Spider UGA Today https://news.uga.edu/first-north-american-record-east-asian-joro-spider-0315/ Nephila clavata L Koch, the Joro Spider of East Asia, newly recording from North America (Araneae: Nephilidae) 2015 Hoebeke, Huffmaster, Freeman https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4327315/ Asian Joro spiders are starting to populate across SC, other Southeastern states https://www.postandcourier.com/environment/large-asian-joro-spiders-are-starting-to-populate-across-sc-other-southeastern-states/article_1e06cdf4-40b8-11ec-ba76-ef0783436c4d.html Bradford Pear Bounty: https://news.clemson.edu/clemsons-campaign-against-invasive-bradford-pear-adds-new-location-in-second-year/ Dr David Coyle’s Contact Info: Twitter: @DrDaveCoyle Instagram: drdavecoyle TikTok: drdavecoyle  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 3.0David Coyle, model of safety

Hello bug lovers! Arthro-Pod has finally reached that 100 episode milestone. To celebrate, we hope you will indulge us with some time to talk about what we are grateful for with the show and to share some of our most wholesome and happy entomology memories. If you stick around after the outro song, you can also hear some great outtakes that Jody has collected over the years!Thank you for your support and here's to 100 more episodes! We deeply appreciate everyone who has written to us, taken time to leave a review or a rating, and tune in on a regular basis! If you want to learn more about gratefulness, we encourage you to listen to this episode of Ologies from last year: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/awesomeology 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

Welcome to our annual spooktacular! We like to try and find a topic every year that will fit the Halloween season and we are honored that Dr. Erica McAlister, senior curator at the Natural History Museum in London, could join us for a recording session. Her book “The Secret Life of Flies” is one of the top sellers in entomology on Amazon and she was the keynote speaker at ESA in 2019. We cover Chapter 9 of her book which is focused on parasitic flies! Tune in for Dipteran appreciation, body horror, and most importantly, bot flies! Show notes:  Check out "The Secret Life of Flies" to read along with us for this episode!  You can find Erica on twitter @flygirlNHMor read about her work with the NHM here A horse bot fly by Sturgis McKeever, Georgia Southern University, Bugwood.org  Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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

 This summer, the invasive spotted lanternfly (SLF) was in the news multiple times after being found in Indiana, in a new Ohio location, and in a 4-H insect collection from Kansas. So, the Arthro-Pod gang decided to sit down and talk about this beautiful yet devastating insect. Tune in to learn about the biology and development of SLF, how the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has combated it for the last few years, and the damage to crops and property that can be expected from SLF.  A beauty and a beast, SLF impacts numerous crops by sucking the life out of them with its piercing-sucking mouthparts. Photo by Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org.  Show notes USDA Where is the threat and where to report https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/slf/spotted-lanternfly Up to date maps of SLF infestation: https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly-ipm/introduction-native-range-and-current-range-us/  Map of potential distribution in US: https://entomologytoday.org/2019/10/03/invasive-spotted-lanternfly-large-potential-range-united-states-beyond/. There is also a map of potential worldwide range. ESA collection of research https://www.entsoc.org/spotted-lanternfly-research-accelerates-effort-contain-invasive-pest The life cycle of SLF, courtesy of the PA Department of Agriculture  Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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! Tune in today to learn all about the fall armyworm outbreak of 2021. Our guest is Dr. Katelyn Kesheimer of Auburn University. Katelyn has dealt with FAW for the majority of the summer and has worked tirelessly to produce extension materials and provide information to growers on how to confront this hungry, hungry caterpillar. We cover how the outbreak started, possible reasons why this year was so bad, and how entomologists work together to provide timely info to their home states! Dr. Kesheimer works on many different kinds of commodities and crops, including hemp! Fall armyworms have an inverted "Y" on their head and four black dots on their rear that form a square. Photo by Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska.  Show notes You can learn about fall armyworm from the many extension publications dedicated to it online. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/fall_armyworm.htmhttps://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/farming/management-of-fall-armyworm-in-pastures-and-hayfields/  http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/fall-armyworms-hayfields-and-pastures Katelyn was interviewed by the Washington Post on the 2021 outbreakhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/17/armyworms-agriculture-outbreak-farming/  As fall armyworms march, they feed, leaving behind widespread brown turf in lawns, sports fields, and golf courses. Photos by Katelyn Kesheimer.   Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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

  The arthro-pod team had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Eaton, an author and professional entomologist, who is a true maverick in creating opportunities for himself. Though he holds no degree in entomology, he has established himself a science communicator and entomology expert on several platforms. Find out why pursuing a degree in entomology was a disappointment to him, how he struggled with career identity for several years, the challenges and joys of being a writer, the problem with industry and science, and advice for young people with an interest in entomology. Show notes:Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691211428/wasps Kaufman field guide of insects, https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/kaufman-field-guide-to-insects-of-north-america/9780618153107 Insects Did it First https://www.xlibris.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/787748-insects-did-it-first How to find Eric on Social Media: Bug Eric Blog: http://bugeric.blogspot.com/   Twitter: @BugEric https://twitter.com/BugEric  Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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 bug lovers (and Napoleon enthusiasts)! On today's show, we put a cherry on top of our Napoleon vs Insects mini-series by meeting up with Everett Rummage. Everett is the host of "The Age of Napoleon" podcast and and expert that we were keen to chat with. Mike has been eagerly anticipating this day where we get to ask alternate history questions about Napoleon's career and see "what if..." some of the issues the great general had with insects, hadn't occurred. Join us won't you?! Image created using Imageflip.com. pm_your_dnd_stories. "No but seriously guys, keep working". Reddit, 9 July 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/nzxqcp/napoleon_noir/. Accessed 26 August 2021.  https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/noe9f0/with_the_new_oversimplified_video_i_can_unleash/. Accessed 26 August 2021 '---V----. "Napoleon be like". Reddit, 10 June 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/nwwwwr/napoleon_be_like/. Accessed 26 August 2021. Visible_Astronaut605. Napoleon be like". Reddit, 5 July 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/oe2lvp/napoleon_be_like/. Accessed 26 August 2021 HackedAccount069. "“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”- Napoleon Bonaparte". Reddit, 14 March 2018, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/84digp/never_interrupt_your_enemy_when_he_is_making_a/. Accessed 26 August 2021. Christian3322. "Good ol' Napoleon. Reddit, 15 May 2020, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/fj2arm/good_ol_napoleon/. Accessed 26 August 2021. Treacks. "Napoleon in 1815". Reddit, 12 April 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/mpby8w/napoleon_in_1815/. Accessed 26 August 2021. r/historymemes. "Napoleon in 1815". Twitter, 3 February 2020, https://twitter.com/r_historymemes/status/1224221705410879491. Accessed 26 August 2021. Non37. "Ah yes, the six days campaign, that one time Napoleon inflicted more casualties than he had men." Reddit, 27 June 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/o8und3/ah_yes_the_six_days_campaign_that_one_time/. Accessed 26 August 2021. Endm3. "Poor due". Memedroid, 12 December 2020, https://pt.memedroid.com/memes/detail/3169347/Poor-due. Accessed 26 August 2021. Smorp_a_Dorp. "Seriously, Napoleon was actually 5’7. Robespierre was ~5’1". Reddit, 9 April 2020, https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/fy421y/seriously_napoleon_was_actually_57_robespierre/. Accessed 26 August 2021. You can find Everett and "The Age of Napoleon" at his website, https://ageofnapoleon.com/ or wherever you catch your pods.   Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcasts!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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

 In this episode we talked about ants!  Just a note, the Arthro-pod team had a pre-chat and practiced gratitude before getting into the ants, so if you want to bypass our personal updates, forward to about the 10-minute mark.   Some of the things we talked about topics like classification of ants, ants and communism, ants as pests, ants as aphid farmers, ants as beneficial insects, keeping ants as pets, the importance of identifying ants, how baiting works, and how to manage the ants thoughtfully and creatively in your urban landscape.  Field ant carrying an asparagus beetle larva away. Photo by Jody Green, Nebraska Extension.  Some of the ants we mention include Eastern black carpenter ants, small carpenter ants, acrobat ants, citronella ants, pavement ants, odorous house ants, Argentine ants, fire ants, and the extinct hell ants.  Citronella ants can be a common sight in and around the home. They really do smell like citronella! Photo by Jody Green, Nebraska Extension Show notesWe love ants and could have gone on for many episodes, but if you want to know more about ants, check out some of the resources we enjoy.  AntWiki: https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Welcome_to_AntWiki  AntWeb: https://www.antweb.org  Ants of North America: A guide to the Genera:   https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520254220/ants-of-north-america   Urban Ants of North America and Europe:  https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801474736/urban-ants-of-north-america-and-europe    There are many ant bait options on the market if you are looking to manage ants in and around the home. Photo by Jody Green, Nebraska Extension Universities studying ants:  Lucky Lab at University of Florida: https://andrealucky.com/  Moreau Lab at Cornell University: https://www.moreaulab.entomology.cornell.edu/  Ant Photos by Alexander Wild: https://www.alexanderwild.com/Ants  Pavement ants engaged in a battle over territory. Who will win this particular sidewalk?! Photo by Jody Green, Nebraska Extension.  Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcasts!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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

In this penultimate episode of Arthro-Pod's 6 part series on the history of insects defeating Napoleon, we travel to Russia! Over the last four episodes, we’ve discussed the French Revolution and Napoleon’s rise to power, the French invasion of Egypt and their encounter with plague, and the Haitian Revolution and crushing defeats the British and French faced due in large part to yellow fever. Now, hear this one on the effects of typhus on Emperor Napoleon's campaigns near Russia and how he was thwarted by bugs and perhaps a little hubris!  Napoleon leads his troops during the Battle of Austerlitz, which is often regarded as the finest military victory of his career. "The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805", 1810, by François Gérard. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Napoleon reviews his troops before the Battle of Jena. "Bataille d'Iéna. 14 octobre 1806", 1836, by Jorace Vernet. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Execution of Spanish resistance by French forces during the Peninsular War. "The Third of May 1808", 1810, by Francisco Goya. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Napoleon as he appeared in 1812 before his defeat in Russia. "The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries ", 1812, by Jacques-Louis David. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Heavy 12 pound cannon being serviced by two French Guard Foot. Artist unknown, 1808. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. The French Empire  at it's greatest extent in 1812. Dark green areas were under direct control of France while light green areas were client states. By TRAJAN 117, via wikimedia, used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. "Napoleon's retreat from Moscow", 1851, by Adolph Northen. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Retreat of the French Grand Army from Moscow, intercepted by Russian Cossack, 1812. 1813, by Edwd Orm. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Marshal Michel Ney, who begged Napoleon to commit the Imperial Guard during the Battle of Borodino and saved the western bridgehead, and so Napoleon and what remained of the French army, during the Battle of Berezina. "Marshal Michel Ney, duc d'Elchingen, prince de la Moskova", circa 1805, by François Gérard. Via wikimedia, in the public domain.  Attrition in the French Grande Armeé during the 1812 invasion of Russia. While the popular focus is often on the death and privation during the winter retreat, the chart clearly shows how the army was severely weakened even before reaching Moscow. Width of the colored areas the chart correspond to troop strength (1 mm = 10,000 troops). Geographic distance is shown by the scale in the center right ("lieues communes de France" = common French league) =  4444 m  or 2.75 miles). Temperatures (in Réaumur scale) on the bottom of the chart correspond to the black line of retreat. (multiply Réaumur temperatures by 1¼ to get Celsius, e.g. -19 °R at Smolensk = -23.75 °C = -10.75 °F). By Charles Minard, 1869. Via wikimedia, in the public domain. Human louse, the vector of epidemic typhus and trench fever. Photo by Gilles San Martin. Via wikimedia, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Macular rash caused by epidemic typhus. Illustration by George Jochmann, 1914. Via wikimedia, used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_PodshowFollow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36Get the show through Apple Podcasts!Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!   We're also on Stitcher! 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/