By Nick and Liam
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What's happening to all the insects? And what can we do about it? Join Nick as he interviews Brad Lister, who recently published an article showing dramatic insect declines, and Helen Roy, a conservation biologist in the UK, as they discuss this important topic.
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Show Notes
German insect declines article
Brad’s paper
Washington Post Article
The State of Nature report
Hope in conservation biology
Helen Roy on Twitter
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Get in touch!
This time we're joined by Dr. Heather Campbell to discuss ants. What makes ants so interesting? Why do they appear so much in popular culture? What are they? Listen to find out!
What are ants? - Morphology
Why are ants successful?
Why would being social be helpful?
Ants and popular culture
More about Heather’s research
Teddy bear ant - Tetramorium pulcherrimum. Photograph under personal license, taken by Alex Wild.
In this episode Liam and Nick discuss their favourite weird and wonderful insects. From Phasmids to Parasites we traverse the insect group finding the best oddities.
Twisted Wing Flies (Strepsiptera)
Brazilian Tree Hopper (Bocydium globulare)
Oil Beetles (Meloe spp.)
Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi)
Hyperparisitoids
Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum)
Scorpionflies (Panorpidae)
CATERPIE (Papilio glaucus)
We were at the launch of the National Insect Week learning more about this great event!
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Show Notes
National Insect Week Events
All about Carim and his artwork
M.G. Leonard and her fantastic books
Get involved!
GET IN TOUCH WITH ENTOCAST
We're joined by Will Heany from the Longhorn Recording Scheme to discuss an awesome group of beetles the Longhorns!
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The longhorn beetles
Harlequin Beetle
Macrodontia cervicornis
The Asian Longhorn Beetle
It's been a whole year of entocast! To celebrate we're awarding some new awards to exceptional insects.
Strongest Insect
Paper finding the strongest insect
Hardest Insect
Insects and Human history
Lice defeated Napoleon
Cochineal facts
Ancient beekeepers
History of sericulture
Malaria
Think you know flies? Think again! We're joined by fly fanatic Erica McAlister (@flygirlNHM) to learn more about this misunderstood group. From fearsome Phorids to flightless flies we're going to take you on a fun tour of this fascinating group.
Show Notes
Erica McAlister
Erica's book - The secret life of flies
Flies as pollinators
The Fearsome Phorids
Conopid flies parasitising bumblebees
Hoverflies eating maggots
GET IN TOUCH WITH ENTOCASTAn example of a Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
By spacebirdy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
In this episode we talk to Professor Helen Roy (@UKLadybirds) and discuss the role of citizen science in tracking invasive species. We also discuss the value of citizen science and potential advantages and disadvantages.
What is citizen science?
The monetary value of citizen science
An example of how to use citizen science to report on invasive species
What's the point of wasps? episode that has an example of citizen science with the big wasp survey
Garden entomology episode that discusses gardeners reporting new species
Professor Helen Roy
Spread of the Harlequin Ladybird
Bombus hypnorum spread in the UK
The box tree moth
Bombus terrestris invading in Japan
Bombus terrestris invading in Argentina
Last year we went on another brilliant podcast, fieldwork diaries, and we thought you guys would love it too!
They've got loads more episodes, so check them out at: https://www.fieldworkdiaries.com/
This time Nick and Liam take a trip to the RHS headquarters in Wisley, where the ento team tells us all we could ever want to know about Garden Entomology. We're joined by principal entomologist Andrew Salisbury (@AndrewSalisbur2), entomologist Hayley Jones (@Hayleyento), and nematologist Magdalena Boshoff. If you're a gardener interested in helping wildlife or an entomologist interested in gardening then this episode is a must to listen to!
RHS Ento Team, from left: Hayley Jones, Magdalena Boshoff and Andy Salisbury
What is the RHS?
Entomology at the RHS
Advice on gardening for wildlife
Andy's research on Native and Non-native plants
Hayley's work with slugs and snails
Full list of RHS Ento team publications
Greening Grey Britain
Part of the RHS collection of Lepidoptera
The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.