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. 

It looks just like a family reunion Today we conclude our look into the world of scary insect films! We stick with social insects for our next film, The Empire of the Ants. It would be generous to call the film a real stinker, but there are still some interesting themes to talk about. We dissect what the giant ants may symbolize as well as the real world biology that helps them be so terrifying!  Trailer for Empire of the Ants:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDK3IT29uoQ The film is free on YouTube and is cut up into 6 parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smI6ruZubt4 Materials on slave driver ants http://www.animalbehaviorcourse.com/biology-of-slave-making.html http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent525/close/SlaveAnt.html PEST PROFILE Oh look, it's the queen! As usual we provide you with a pest profile so you can use some IPM based methods to insect control. Our newest pest is the carpenter ant (it's all ants all the time this week). Tune in to hear about symptoms of a carpenter ant infestation and some ideas for control! Carpenter ant info fron Nebraska: http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/carpant004.shtml http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=826 Carpenter ant info from Minnesota: http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/insects/find/carpenter-ants/ 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: “Villainous Treachery – Distressed” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Our episode today begins our descent into insect horror movies! For the month of October we will be discussing two movies in this sub-genre and dissecting what the insects may symbolize as well as the biology that may make them so scary! We start with The Swarm from 1978.  Trailer for The Swarm:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpO4gvW6D3Q Ridiculous moments from the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e0LdNr9XzI Materials on Africanized bees Utah State extension sheet University of Georgia extension bulletin  National Geographic video on Africanized bees PEST PROFILE Of course, we also continue down our pest management path with a new pest profile. This week we describe the oriental cockroach, aka the waterbug, and talk shop on IPM based methods of control. Tune in if you find yourself dealing with this particular pest! 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 3.0Intermission music: "Bump in the Night" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Hello once again fellow entophiles and welcome to our second episode! Crack out your pajamas and some chamomile tea because today we're talking about insects in your dreams and nightmares. We discuss dreaming as a process, why you may have insects in your night time brain movies, and how the biology of certain insects may have colored the dream interpretations of them. Here are some links for those who want to read more: Klein 2012 Insects & Dreams paper Dream Moods insect interpretations Psychic library insect dreams PEST PROFILE Photos from Joseph Berger, bugwood wiki http://www.insectimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=14548 We also have our first pest profile! This episode features the autumnal invader the boxelder bug! While this pest is rarely damaging to our trees they are quite annoying as they try to settle into our homes for the winter. Luckily we can control them using efficient integrated pest management tactics. Tune in to learn more! 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 3.0Intermission music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0