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Insects for Fun!

An informational podcast covering all things insect and arthropod, hosted by a master in entomology! Join me every Tuesday to learn something new from notable species to broad topics and lore! You can support the show and get extra episodes here: patreon.com/user?u=46499107 Email: [email protected]

Nature's most obnoxious vampires! (Horeseflies and Deerflies)

15 mins; March 31, 2026

Myth Busting Craneflies!

15 mins; March 16, 2026

Dragon Headed Katydids!

8 mins; March 03, 2026

The Monsters Within! Strepsiptera and Tarsonemid Mites (Internal Hosts of Insects)

13 mins; February 18, 2026

Insects That Shouldn’t Exist: Life on the Edge of Survival!

13 mins; February 09, 2026

Thorn Bugs! Masters of Masquerade

11 mins; February 02, 2026

Termite Skyscrapers & Ant Metropolises: Nature’s Ultimate Architects

11 mins; January 26, 2026

This fly can eat dragonflies!? (Robberflies)

9 mins; January 16, 2026

Huntsman Spiders!

12 mins; January 05, 2026

Bugs in space!

8 mins; December 15, 2025

Plume Moths: Tiny, T-Shaped, and Totally Underrated!

7 mins; December 08, 2025

The weird world of water fleas!

9 mins; December 01, 2025

Insect plagues and how they start! (NOT the black plague)

12 mins; November 25, 2025

Hummingbird Moths!

9 mins; November 17, 2025

The hidden lives of Honeypot Ants!

10 mins; November 10, 2025

The old world Swallowtail Butterfly!

7 mins; October 27, 2025

These wasps are artists! (Potter Wasps)

9 mins; October 23, 2025

Snail eating beetles! (Carabinae)

7 mins; October 16, 2025

Terrariums 101!

9 mins; October 06, 2025

Indy is that you? (Whip Spiders!)

8 mins; September 30, 2025

Don't kill these flies! (Hoverflies)

8 mins; September 23, 2025

All's fair(?) in love and war with Field Crickets!

11 mins; September 08, 2025

The executioner! (wasp)

10 mins; September 01, 2025

These bugs are silent killers (Assasin Bugs!)

8 mins; August 26, 2025

Click Beetles!

10 mins; August 19, 2025

Owlflies!

10 mins; August 05, 2025

Is it a mantis? Wasp? Fly? It's a Mantidfly!

9 mins; July 28, 2025

Are we screwed? (Screwworms)

9 mins; July 23, 2025

Tiny Creatures, BIG legends!

10 mins; July 18, 2025

Mighty Mites!

9 mins; July 07, 2025

Tiny Insect Imposters! (Springtails)

11 mins; June 30, 2025

Freshwater Goblins? (Dobsonflies!)

8 mins; June 16, 2025

Carnivorous Caterpillars!

10 mins; June 09, 2025

Gall Wasps!

6 mins; May 29, 2025

Lobster Moths!

7 mins; May 19, 2025

Cave Dwelling Insects!

7 mins; May 12, 2025

Insects that live in extreme heat!

7 mins; May 06, 2025

Insects that use tools!

10 mins; April 21, 2025

Rainbow Stag Beetles!

8 mins; April 08, 2025

Is it a giant bumblebee or a goddess? (Bombus Dahlbomii)

7 mins; April 02, 2025

Underwater Spiders! (Diving Bell Spider)

8 mins; March 20, 2025

New Blue Ants and the Medical Techniques of Florida Carpenter Ants!

7 mins; March 10, 2025

Mole Crabs!

6 mins; February 25, 2025

When you've got lemons in NZ, you probably have "lemon tree borers"

7 mins; February 10, 2025

The European Ground Beetle (Carabus coriaceus)

5 mins; January 29, 2025

The Dubious Dubia Roach!

7 mins; January 21, 2025

Oil Beetles!

8 mins; January 07, 2025

The longest legged arthropod! (Japanese spider crabs)

6 mins; December 18, 2024

The silkmoth that squeaks! (Rhodinia fugax)

8 mins; December 10, 2024

The Devil's Idol Mantis! (Devil's Flower Mantis)

7 mins; December 02, 2024

Yellow Crazy Ants!

9 mins; November 20, 2024

The fastest land insects have a secret that no other beetles can use!

6 mins; November 11, 2024

Interview with entomologist, artist, and author Barrett Klein (New Book: The Insect Epiphony)

67 hours 32 mins; October 29, 2024

Joro Spiders! (The new spiders on the block)

9 mins; October 01, 2024

Spotted Lanternflies! (what we now know)

10 mins; September 24, 2024

Tortoise Beetles!

6 mins; September 16, 2024

Jumping Spiders! (Cutest Spiders?)

8 mins; September 11, 2024

Leaf Miners!

9 mins; September 02, 2024

Trilobites! The prehistoric rolly pollys of the sea.

9 mins; August 26, 2024

Carnivorous Plants!

11 mins; August 19, 2024

Patreon Episode: A two day delay beetle, ants that make lions lose their game, and more!

7 mins; August 05, 2024

Hermit Crabs! (are they actually hermits?)

10 mins; July 29, 2024

Cherry Shrimps! (Neocaridina davidi)

6 mins; July 15, 2024

Giant Wood Moths! (Heaviest Moth)

8 mins; July 04, 2024

Goliath Beetles!

11 mins; June 26, 2024

Swallowtail Butterflies! (An Overview)

11 mins; June 18, 2024

Paper Wasps!

11 mins; June 11, 2024

Urban Entomology! (Insects in the city and more...)

11 mins; June 04, 2024

Sea Slaters/Wharf Roaches!

6 mins; May 28, 2024

Millipedes!

10 mins; May 21, 2024

Centipedes!

11 mins; May 13, 2024

These skippers skipped the Butterflies 101 lecture (Skipper Butterflies)

8 mins; May 07, 2024

It's Tony the Tiger Beetle!? (Tiger Beetles)

9 mins; April 30, 2024

Insect culture in Japan and why it's so good!

7 mins; April 23, 2024

We get it, these butterflies are white! (Cabbage White Butterflies)

9 mins; April 16, 2024

Oh yes, Katy did! (Katydids/Bush Crickets)

9 mins; April 08, 2024

Me oh My oh Mayfly! (Mayflies/Shadflies/Fishflies)

11 mins; April 01, 2024

Green Lacewings! aka Aphid Lions

8 mins; March 25, 2024

Horseshoe Crabs! Wait...they aren't actually crabs?

10 mins; March 19, 2024

Patreon Episode: Butterfly memories, the decision making of insects, native plants on insect diversity and more!

7 mins; March 05, 2024

Harvestmen/Daddy Long Legs!

12 mins; February 27, 2024

Isopods as Pets 101!

12 mins; February 19, 2024

These cats could send you to the hospital! (Puss Caterpillars)

9 mins; February 12, 2024

Harlequin Beetles! (Acrocinus longimanus)

8 mins; February 05, 2024

Compost Companions! (top 3 critters that love eating your leftovers)

11 mins; January 29, 2024

Nature's Grave Diggers! (Sexton Beetles)

9 mins; January 22, 2024

Giraffe Weevils!

8 mins; January 15, 2024

Insects that don’t lay eggs!? (live birthing insects and how they do it)

9 mins; January 08, 2024

Prehistoric Insects! When they appeared, what they were like and why they’re gone..

9 mins; January 01, 2024

Christmas Beetles!

8 mins; December 18, 2023

Bed Bugs 101!

13 mins; December 11, 2023

Tarantula Hawks!

8 mins; December 04, 2023

These violins can walk? (Violin Beetles)

9 mins; November 27, 2023

Sea Monkeys! What the heck are they anyway?

10 mins; November 20, 2023

This one’s a stinker! (Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs)

11 mins; November 13, 2023

Are insects Crustaceans? Are Lobsters just Roaches of the sea?

11 mins; November 06, 2023

Insect Horror Stories: 2

9 mins; November 03, 2023

The most misunderstood centipede! (House centipede)

8 mins; October 31, 2023

Insect Horror Stories: 1

10 mins; October 27, 2023

Why we hate Cockroaches and why it’s justified!

16 mins; October 23, 2023

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