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