Welcome to Oaktober Fest, our annual celebration of spooky season lasting the entire month of October!

Is there anything creepier than being surrounded by bugs? We will delve in the wild, wonderful and terrifying world of bugs... bugs that torture us, bugs that disgust us and bugs that flat out scare us.

Giant spiders, disgusting bot flies, exotic ants, and deadly caterpillars make this episode everything you love about Halloween. Some insects might sound familiar, and some are so rare that only the unfortunate may have heard of them. Whatever the case, take a deep breath, press play and follow us to the world of haunting bugs.

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Veliz, L. (2023). What You Might Not Know About The Giant Japanese Hornet. Grunge. https://www.grunge.com/599051/what-you-might-not-know-about-the-giant-japanese-hornet/

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This episode of The Dark Oak was created, researched, written, recorded, hosted, edited, published, and marketed by Cynthia and Stefanie of Just Us Gals Productions with artwork by Justyse Holmes and Music by Ryan Creep