Arthro-Pod

Hello everyone and welcome to our 7th episode! Today we focus all our attention on one pest, the vampiric bed bug. In order to understand this pest better, we meet up with bed bug expert Jennifer Gordon of the University of Kentucky. So, tune in and learn about bed bug biology, Jennifer's current research efforts, and have some myths busted about bed bugs and their control! If you find you are experiencing a bed bug infestation, then I sincerely hope that this episode gives you some needed information and hope as you try to eliminate them. Here are the papers mentioned in the episode you might enjoy checking out: Jennifer's paper on pyrethroid resistance Silica dust (Cimexa) article History of bed bug control by Dr. Michael Potter Psychological effects of bed bug infestations Of course you should also be sure to check out bed bug and bed bug control resources from the University of Kentucky, Virginia Tech, and the University of Nebraska.  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

Hello everyone and welcome to our 6th episode! This episode was recorded at the Entomological Society of America's national meeting and features 10 interviews with entomologists from around the country. Tune in if you want to know more about the exciting advances in bug research and education!  I flew out to Portland, OR with my finest lady bug tie on and my recording equipment in the hopes of talking to lots of bug folks at the meeting. After securing an unguarded table I began my guerrilla podcasting campaign.   Maybe next year I will go in a more official capacity... There are 10 entomologists featured today. Below you can find a photo of them and a phot of something they mention during their interview. In addition, I list the start time of their interview in the recording and any links, Twitter handles, or projects they mention. I hope you enjoy today's episode! Caitlin Race; University of Arknasas @Theophrasti5:00 minute mark Ben McGraw; Penn State University @TurfEnto10:40 Nick Seiter; University of Arkansas 16:10 Fred Baxendale; University of Nebraska Backyard Farmer 20:30 Bob Wright; University of Nebraska @BobWrightUNL 30:11 Jessica Bird; National Museum of Natural History @NMNH_EntomologyCitizen Science through the Smithsonian Bumble bee transcription project 40:10 Katelyn Kowles; University of Kentucky 45:27 Derek Hennen; University of Arkansas @derekhennen54:07 Tom Turpin; Purdue University On Six Legs podcast Bug Bowl 1:05:48 Kacie Athey; University of Kentucky 1:18:44 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

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