Arthro-Pod

Hello vault dwellers and bug lovers! On today's episode of Arthro-Pod, the gang dips their toes into the cultural zeitgeist to talk about the video game/television show "Fallout" and more specifically about the horrible mutated arthropods that exist in that universe. Tune in to hear about the biology of giant "radroaches", feel the sting of the "stingwing", and maybe befriend your own mothman. It's a lot of fun to look at the entomological basis and designs of these critters and hash out which of them are the best from our buggy perspective. Show notes- These notes will be most helpful since we are talking about some visual material in this episode! Look below for some pics of each monster we discuss. Radroaches Radroach from Fallout 4. Via Fallout Wiki. Radroaches as seen in Fallout: New Vegas. Via Fallout Wiki. Radroaches as seen in the Fallout television series (Season 1, episode 5: The Past). Via the Fallout Wiki. Bloatfly Bloatfly as seen in Fallout 3. Via the Fallout Wiki. Bloatfly as seen in Fallout 4. Via the Fallout Wiki. Bloatfly as seen in Fallout 76. Via the Fallout Wiki. Ants Giant ant as seen in Fallout 2. Via the Fallout Wiki. Giant ant workers as seen in Fallout 3. Via the Fallout Wiki. Giant ant queen as seen in Fallout 3. Via the Fallout Wiki. Giant fire ants in action, as seen in the Fallout 3 quest "Those!". Via the Fallout Wiki. Giant ants as seen in Fallout 76. Notice how the design has changed between games. Via the Fallout Wiki. Radscorpion Radscorption as seen in Fallout (1). Via the Fallout Wiki. Radscorpion and albino radscorpion as seen in Fallout 3. Via the Fallout Wiki. Radscorpions as seen in Fallout 4. Via the Fallout Wiki. Various radscorpions as seen in Fallout 76. Via the Fallout Wiki. Bloodbug Examples of bloodbugs as seen in Fallout 4. Via the Fallout Wiki. Bloodbug as seen in Fallout 76. Via the Fallout Wiki. Stingwing Stingwings as seen in Fallout 4. Via the Fallout Wiki. Details of a stingwing tail. Note how it is a stinger instead of clasping organs as in normal scorpionflies. Via the Fallout Wiki. Stingwing nests, with a yellow honey-like substance. This is not based on real scorpionflies whatsoever. Via the Fallout Wiki. Stingwings in Fallout 76. The design seems to have suffered quite a bit. Via the Fallout Wiki. Mirelurk A mirelurk, as seen in Fallout 3. This design is kind of a bipedal crab thing. Via the Fallout Wiki. A mirelurk king, as seen in Fallout 3. This design is more fishman than bipedal crab. Via the Fallout Wiki. A mirelurk as seen in Fallout 4. This design is more crab centaur. Via the Fallout Wiki. A mirelurk hunter as seen in Fallout 4. Obviously based on a mantis shrimp, this is somehow the same species as the more crab-like mirelurks. Via the Fallout Wiki. A mirelurk king as seen in Fallout 4. Another fishman design for the king. Via the Fallout Wiki. Giant hermit crab A giant hermit crab, as seen in Fallout 4: Far Harbor. One of the most realistic designs we've encountered. Via the Fallout Wiki. Honeybeast A honey beast, as seen in Fallout 76. This is a pretty disappointing design considering the other arthropod-based creatures across the series. Via the Fallout Wiki. Cave cricket A cave cricket, as seen in in Fallout 76. Via the Fallout Wiki. Mothman Classic mothman in Fallout 76. Spot on design. Via the Fallout Wiki. Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, as envisioned in Fallout 76. Via the Fallout Wiki. Various mothman designs. The wing patterns appear to be inspired by real moth species. Via the Fallout Wiki. "I am the night". Via the Fallout Wiki. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 and Bluesky @NapoleonicEnto Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time...

Welcome bug lovers to our latest episode! Asa vast swath of the eastern US prepares for the "double brood" emergence of the various Magiccicada species, we here at Arthro-Pod got to meet up with engineer, entomologist, and author Alie Kratzer to talk about her new book, "The Cicadas of North America". See below for pre-ordering information. We talk all about how cool these bugs are, the inspiration for the book, and just how exactly Alie was able to draw all those wonderful cicada illustrations. Tune in to learn more! Show notes Check out Alie's company Owlfly Track down her other book "The Social Wasps of North America" And finally, make sure you preorder the cicada book!! Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello lovers of bugs, as well as bugs who are in love! In today's episode, we take a journey through the world of nuptial gifts within the arthropods and find out why sometimes it is best to wrap a gift before trying to go on a date. Tune in to learn the basics of why nuptial gifts exist and how they can help facilitate the mating process and generation of the next generation. This one is a bit "spicy" so if you listen with kids, prepare for some biological talk! Show notes Insect (Order, Family) Nuptial Gift Purpose Dung beetles (O: Coleoptera, F: Scarabaeidae) Food in the form of a dung ball https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/21/2/424/323090 Part of courtship display, dung ball is used for food source to help her and the offspring Fireflies (O: Coleoptera, F: Lampyridae) some species Spermatophore contains sperm and nutrients https://now.tufts.edu/2016/12/22/firefly-gift-giving-composition-nuptial-gifts-revealed Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P8vKghAoh8 To obtain nutrients and fertilization occurs this way Giant water bug (O: Hemiptera, M: Belostomatidae) Small aquatic animals as prey (fish) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.12416 Part of the courtship ritual, males carry the eggs Aphids (O: Hemiptera, F: Aphididae) “mating drop” droplet of nutrient-rich fluid To obtain nutrients essential for reproduction Crickets (O: Orthopera, F: Laupala cerasina Several nuptial gifts before transferring genetic material https://www.mpg.de/9686444/nuptial-feeding-female-crickets https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-019-2705-9 Nuptial gifts improve the amount of genetic material successfully transferred from the final spermatophore to the female Long-tailed dance flies (O: Diptera, F: Rhamphomyia longicauda Nutrients https://www.jstor.org/stable/23734479 Females do not hunt so they relay on the nuptial gifts. They fill their abdomens with air to look like their eggs are more mature so males will seek them out Imported cabbagworm butterflies (O: Lepidoptera, F: Nitrogen https://www.thegraphicleader.com/opinion/columnists/the-changing-rules-of-romance-for-the-cabbage-white-butterfly Scorpion flies (O: Mecoptera, F: Panorpidae) Dead prey item https://www.jstor.org/stable/4536380 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830480-100-heres-my-nuptial-gift-a-dead-planthopper-now-can-we-mate/ To appease the female and increase chances of successful mating Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Welcome back bug lovers! Today we venture into the world of worms, both segmented and unsegmented, to talk about jumping worms and hammerhead worms. While neither of them are arthropods, entomologists have been fielding inquiries on both over the last few years. We try to dispel some of the myths surrounding these wiggly wonders and discuss the possible negative effects they could have in the environment. So grab a bag of gummy worms and tune in! Show notes Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Howdy bug lovers! Scale insects are simultaneously fascinating and sort of uninteresting. They are notoriously immobile for much of their life, making them the insect of equivalent of couch potatoes. But, with that comes intriguing questions about how they live, thrive, and survive. Today, Mike is flying solo to interview Scott Schneider all about this particular group of true bugs! Tune in! Scott Schneider, scale expert extraordinaire and our interviewee for this episode. Scott hard at work in the field. Hard scales on the underside of a leaf. Note the hard covering ("test") that covers the insects and the diversity of sizes and life stages. Pine needle scales (Chionaspis pinifoliae) are another kind of hard scale and show some of the diversity in test shape and color between hard scale species. Soft scale on a Rubus. Note how the waxy covering appears softer than that of hard scales. Lac scales, from which products like shellac are produced. Xenococcid scale insect that is associated with Acropyga ants. Acropyga queen holding a xenococcid scale in her mandibles before her nuptial flight. Photo by Jonghyun Park via iNaturalist, used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Acropyga worker moving a xenococcid scale. Photo by Jonghyun Park via iNaturalist, used under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. All photographs by Scott Schneider and used with permission unless otherwise noted. Show notes Sodano et al. 2024. Scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) morphology is transformed under trophobiosis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(1): 49–63, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saad033 Schneider et al. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of Aspidiotini armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) reveals rampant paraphyly, curious species radiations, and multiple origins of association with Melissotarsus ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.003 Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers and welcome to a roach filled Valentine's edition of Artho-Pod! Jody and Jonathan meet up with Dr. Andrew Sutherland of University of California Extension. Andrew is an urban entomologist and an area IPM advisor for UC who serves the San Francisco area. As for today's topic, the Turkestan cockroach is an intriguing invasive species that is competing with other roaches, such as the oriental roach, for space. Due to a variety of factors, the Turkestan roach seems to be spreading and is also being noticed by people in the western US. All of that adds up to an interesting podcast episode filled with cockroach facts, thoughts on how the Turkestan roach is spreading, and possible management strategies. Show Notes Green Bulletin https://ipm.ucanr.edu/legacy_assets/pdf/pubs/greenbulletin.2019.summer.pdf Pest World Magazine https://www.pestworldmag-digital.com/npmas/0419_july_august_2019/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1498660#articleId1498660 Pest Notes https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7467.html Scientific Papers: Paper by Kim & Rust https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/106/6/2428/813184 Residual Insecticides: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/8/477 Biological control parasitoid wasp https://academic.oup.com/jee/article/116/4/1128/7179677 Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers and our new machine overlords and welcome to a new episode of Arthro-Pod. Today, Jody, Jon, and Mike, decide to swerve a bit out of their lane and discuss their thoughts about artificial intelligence, specifically the intersection of AI and entomology/Extension. There is a lot of clamor over what AI means for the future and what it means ethically. Extension is one area of the academy that seems like AI may have a profound impact on. The gang tries to slice through the hype and share their feelings as well as some reporting on artificial intelligence. Tune in to hear more and share your thoughts with the crew as well! Show Notes https://entomologytoday.org/2023/09/14/systematic-entomology-artificial-intelligence/ https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers https://extension.org/2019/04/23/using-artificial-intelligence-to-support-extension-services/ https://extension.org/tools/extbot/ https://agrilinks.org/post/revolutionizing-extension-models-artificial-intelligence-service-smallholder-farmers https://www.ifpri.org/blog/can-we-trust-ai-generate-agricultural-extension-advisories Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello friends, and welcome back to Arthro-Pod! Today's episode is a look at a phenomenon many entomologists will encounter, even if they aren't ready to, known as delusory parasitosis. Also referred to as delusions of infestation and Ekbom's syndrome, this situation involves a person believing that their body and home are infested with some sort of biting or stinging pest, despite there being no evidence that is true. We're all predisposed to interpret certain signals as being caused by an insect or mite trying to crawl on us or bite us and unfortunately, sometimes this can further manifest as delusory parasitosis. Sufferers are often desperate for help and entomologists are often helpless to provide assistance. Today we wanted to outline some of the background of delusory parasitosis and talk about how entomologists can help, while also protecting themselves. Show Notes Hinkle, N.C. 2000. Delusory parasitosis. American Entomologist 46(1): 17–25 https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/46/1/17/2389588 Hinkle, N.C. 2010. Ekbom Syndrome: the challenge of “invisible bug” infestations. Annual Review of Entomology 55: 77–94. Doi: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090514 Hinkle, N.C. 2011. Ekbom Syndrome: a delusional condition of “bugs in the skin”. Current Psychiatry Reports 13: 178–186. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21344286/ Szepietowski, J.C., Salomon, J., Hrehorów, E., Pacan, P., Zalewska, A., and Sysa-Jȩdrzejowska, A. 2007. Delusional parasitosis in dermatological practice. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology 21(4): 462–465. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17373971/ Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers! We hope you have had a wonderful 2023 and are looking forward to 2024. To wrap our season for the year, we wanted to do something fun and make a bit of a news round up focused on arthropods (and some adjacent critters) and see what people were saying about our creepy crawly friends. We'll go from worm rain all the way through malaria and how to kill wasps with gas! We hope you'll tune in and that you'll join us again next year. Show notes Worm rain https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N35P20W/ Yellow legged hornets https://www.wtoc.com/2023/12/28/yellow-legged-hornet-arrives-2023/ Mormon crickets https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crushed-crickets-are-blanketing-nevada-roads-with-slime-180982415/ Malaria in the US https://time.com/6291002/locally-acquired-malaria-cases-usa/ Invasives on the move https://news.yahoo.com/heres-expanded-box-tree-moth-164342473.html https://news.yahoo.com/heres-expanded-box-tree-moth-164342473.html Wasps and gasoline https://www.countryliving.com/home-maintenance/cleaning/a44563522/tiktok-trend-gasoline-wasp-nest-extremely-unsafe/ Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Welcome back bug lovers and ho ho ho, happy holidays! On today's show we're diving into Christmas trees! When these trees are being grown, there are some pests that might make their way onto the leaves and twigs, so we're talking about their biology and management. However, most of our calls that involve trees are in regard to insects that have been accidentally brought inside with live trees that are now walking all over the presents so we touch on that too. Finally, Jonathan fished up some folklore revolving around arthropods and Christmas. Tune in to hear all about it! Show Notes: Christmas tree pests, indoor and out: https://www.canr.msu.edu/christmas_trees/pest-management/ https://christmastrees.ces.ncsu.edu/christmastrees-pest-management-in-christmas-trees/ https://extension.psu.edu/insects-on-real-christmas-trees https://kentuckypestnews.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/does-your-christmas-tree-have-bugs/ Christmas wasp: https://fdacsdpi.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/all-about-the-folklore-of-christmas-insects/ http://greydogtales.com/blog/folklore-origins-christmas-wasp/ Christmas spider: https://agrilife.org/urban-ipm/2018/12/21/the-legend-of-the-christmas-spider/ Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers! Recently, there has been a lot of clamor about the discovery of bed bug issues in Paris, France. It's been interesting to watch a resurgence in questions and concerns with bed bugs pop up because of this and to hear people pondering what this means for events such as Paris Fashion Week and the 2024 Olympics. In this episode, Jody and Jonathan sit down to talk bed bug facts, discuss why this news has panicked so many people, and the every day adversity of dealing with bed bugs. Show Notes: Resources about Bed Bugs https://lancaster.unl.edu/bedbugs Recorded Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVUOa0xieb4 Jody was interviewed by Deutsche Welle Television about the bed bug problems in France: YouTube link: France: Bedbugs send shivers through Paris | DW News - YouTube TikTok accounts that were discussed in the episode: @jimmytravelsworld @Alyssannaaa @eloisefouladgar @christian.grossi @brandonjnewman1 @madeleine_white Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers! Today, we're proud to publish a podcast recorded, edited, and produced by our friends at the podcast Bugs Need Heroes!! We met with them on their show back a little while back and had a blast talking about cockroaches, super heroes, and -most importantly- Danny Devito. They were kind enough to provide the audio to the show so we could also post it to our podcast feed. You should absolutely check out their show, https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/home, where you can hear Kelly, Amanda, and Derek build buggy super heroes out of all out favorite multi-legged friends. In lieu of our usual show notes, I thought I would use the notes prepared by Derek of Bugs Need Heroes! https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/the-trash-man Derek’s Field Notes Common Name: Cockroaches! Order: Blattodea; termites were formerly Isoptera. Family: We primarily discussed cockroaches in the Blattidae family as this group includes the species you, the listener, are most likely to encounter. Species of Note: The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), a common pet The Central American giant cave cockroach (Blaberus giganteus), large and in charge The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), an unwanted guest The Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) sometimes euphemistically called "the waterbug" The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pensylvanica), an occasional visitor Pacific dampwood termite (Zootermopsis angusticollis), the cockroach Amanda didn't know she knew Life Cycle: Cockroaches exhibit incomplete metamorphosis. Eggs are contained within an ootheca and nymphs undergo several molts before becoming (typically) winged adults. Distribution: Cockroaches are found on every continent, except Antarctica. There are about 30 species which are closely associated with humans, excluding termites. Super Powers: Can eat almost anything, but may exhibit strong flavor preferences! Flight Superspeed Climbing Cosmopolitan Can squeeze into tight places and resistant to crushing Resistant to radiation Butt antennae Links to check out: The Always Sunny In Philadelphia scene that was referenced during the recording. National Geographic: Amazing Video Reveals Why Roaches Are So Hard to Squish An interesting breakdown of the infamous Liefeld Captain America drawing. Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex 'gifts' References: Bennett, G. W., Owens, J. M., Corrigan, R. M., & Truman, L. C. (2018). Truman’s Scientific Guide to Pest Management Operations. North Coast Media, LLC. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Welcome to spooky season bug lovers! To celebrate, the Arthro-Pod crew sat down and watched the 1986 film, "The Fly" starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis and directed by the master of body horror, David Cronenberg. A word of warning, this one might not be suitable for all ages as we do talk about some graphic horror movie tropes and other sensitive topics. Tune in though if you would like to hear a discussion on the entomological aspects of "The Fly" and why the idea of becoming an insect terrifies us so much. We also touch on scientific ethics and other themes incubating within the Brundlefly. Show NotesJody was recently interviewed by Deutsche Welle Television about the bed bug problems in France: YouTube link: France: Bedbugs send shivers through Paris | DW News - YouTubeCheck out a new entomology podcast “There will be bugs”https://collider.com/david-cronenberg-the-fly-body-horror/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/31/the-fly-96-minutes-of-grotesque-vomit-soaked-bedlam-and-david-cronenbergs-best-filmhttps://cinephiliabeyond.org/fly/ Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers! Today, we're guided by Mike Skvarla into a deep dive on West Nile virus. A mosquito borne illness, West Nile is something the Arthro-Pod crew has learned a lot about over the course of their lives and careers. In fact, one of them even tested positive for it after trying to give blood... Mike was inspired by Episode 1031 of the This Week in Virology podcast, where they discussed a recent paper on the subject. The paper is “Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie West Nile virus encephalitis in ∼40% of patients”, by Gervais et al. published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Tune in to learn about the history of WNV and the current research focused on it. Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Howdy bug lovers! Last episode, we started our discussion of insect locomotion by getting up close and personal with insect legs. Today, we'll be a little more airborne as we discuss insect wings. Insects are the only invertebrates with the power of flight and there have long been questions about the origin of insect wings in the evolutionary record. Tune in to hear about the multiple theories on the origin of wings, how wings help with insect identification, and just how bugs take flight. Show notes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/244541v1 https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-insect-wings-evolved-legs-ancestral-crustacean https://www.the-scientist.com/notebook/unearthing-the-evolutionary-origins-of-insect-wings-69845 https://ag.arizona.edu/classes/ento596c/topic/session4.html https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/wings.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_wing https://cronodon.com/BioTech/Insect_locomotion.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_flight Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Howdy bug lovers! Over the next two episodes, the Arthro-Pod gang is going to be talking about insect locomotion, how they move through the world. In part one today, we're covering insect legs from hip to toe or rather coxa to tarsi. Tune in to learn about insect leg anatomy, the different types of legs and their function, and how legs were evolved in the insects. Show notes https://cronodon.com/BioTech/Insect_locomotion.html https://academic-accelerator.com/encyclopedia/arthropod-leg https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rider/Pentatomoidea/Teaching%20Structure/Lecture%20Notes/Week%2007a%20Legs.pdf https://genent.cals.ncsu.edu/bug-bytes/thorax/legs/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod_adhesion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.20.427514v2.full Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

We continue our deep dive into alpha-gal red meat allergy today by taking a closer look at Galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose, the carbohydrate at the center of this issue, and the ticks that carry it. To help us unpack such a complicated situation, we have two special guests, Dr. Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz and Dr. Yoonseong Park, both currently at Kansas State University. Join us to learn more about the origins of alpha-gal red meat allergy, the research into how ticks carry it, and what the future may hold for this allergy. Show Notes To find more about the research covered in today's show please consult our guest's websites- Dr. Maldonado-Ruiz Dr. Park Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers! Over the next two episodes, the Arthro-Pod gang is going to explore the science behind alpha-gal, also known as the red meat allergy. This is a hot topic in the US right now, with many news outlets talking about the possible extent to which this is spread out across the country. This tickborne issue, associated with lone star ticks in the US, results in an inability to consume red meat such as beef, pork, and venison. For those who live with alpha-gal, life is very different from before. They may not be able to enjoy a favorite meal or be very anxious about dining out for fear of contamination, to say nothing of the actual health issues involved. Tune in today to hear from Cindy Cochran, a Nebraskan living with alpha-gal, as well as Dr. Cosby Stone Jr., a doctor and researcher from Vanderbilt who is a national leader on alpha-gal. Show Notes https://search.vanderbilthealth.com/doctors/stone-cosby https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-ash5VkAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-news/stranger-than-fiction-tick-bite-could-lead-to-food-allergy/ https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/alpha-gal/index.html Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Hello bug lovers and uh, tick haters, to today's show! Today, the gang is joined by Jesse Evans, a master's student at Penn State. Jesse studies the intersection of ticks, wildlife, and wildfires- specifically controlled burns. People who have been dealing with surging tick populations seem to frequently wonder if fire could be to ticks what it once was to Frankenstein's monster, a potential deterrent. Tune in to hear Jesse discuss wild mice populations, how fickle fire can be for research, and how large-scale landscape changes may affect something like Lyme disease. Show notes Student spotlightJesse's publication on citizen science projects and vector surveillance Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!

Howdy bug lovers! Today's episode is all about insecticides and some of the basics of how they work and are classified. These are ubiquitous pest control tools and despite their ease of use, the science behind them can be surprisingly complicated. Tune in to learn all about active ingredients, trade names, chemical classes, and modes of action and techniques we can utilize to best apply and preserve the technology behind insecticides. Show Notes The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee https://irac-online.org/ IRAC Modes of Action List https://irac-online.org/mode-of-action/classification-online/ National Pesticide Information Center http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/ptype/insecticide.html Introduction to Insecticides (4th Edition) https://ipmworld.umn.edu/ware-intro-insecticides Questions? Comments? Follow the show on Twitter @Arthro_Podshow Follow the hosts on Twitter @bugmanjon, @JodyBugsmeUNL, and @MSkvarla36 Get the show through Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Subscribe to our feed on Feedburner!