InsectView
The sibling pair of aspiring entomologists Dante and Mia Centuori take a closer look at the sometimes annoying, often entertaining, and always interesting creatures known as insects. Insect View will cover a host of insect related topics, from specific species to fascinating stories. Sit back, relax, and enjoy learning about insects from the comforts of your own home, where there are significantly less mosquitoes.
Episodes
34 episodes
Insect News 8: Where in the world is Blattella germanica?
The mystery of where the German cockroach originated from has been solved! There's also a new ant species named after Voldemort. In this news episode we cover the aforementioned as well as how mosquitoes can be used for bird feed, how rusty pat...
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28:47
Honey Bees Part 1
Ah the venerable Honeybee. Humanities history with this insect stretches back beyond the written word, even beyond podcasts. This incomprehensible timeframe has left people with a lot of time to figure out many different ways to keep, collect, ...
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Insect News 7: Toxic Galls, French Bedbugs, and What the Wright Brothers Have To Do With Apiculture
Hear about the bedbug infestation terrifying the city of Paris, an interesting new way of detecting heavy metal contamination (hint, if you were planning on eating plant galls in industrial areas, don't), and why there's a journal of apiculture...
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19:07
Pierre Andre Latreille
Pierre Andre Latreille, a French entomologist who lived from 1762-1833, is probably best known for having his life saved by a beetle. However there's a lot more to his story, and he went on to make a number of sigificant contributions to the fi...
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Insect News 6: Why insects get caught at lights, the AMNH's new wing, and the LAPD
Get the scoop on why insects fly to light, the bugs at the American Musuem of Natural History's new wing, and what happened to the LAPD officer who was attacked by bees in this new news episode! Sourceshttps://www.bior...
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19:09
The Antarctic Midge
Meet Antarctica's largest native terrestrial animal, the Antarctic Midge, Belgica antarctica. Learn all about it's discovery during the voyage it was named after, it's interesting biology, and tiny genome in this new episode of In...
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12:20
2022 in review
New year same Insectview! Tune in to hear our recap of 2022, as well as some plans for the future.
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8:08
Wooly Bears
If you life in north America, you're almost certainly familiar with the little orange and brown caterpillar called the wooly bear. If you're in the Eastern US you may have even gone to a wooly bear festival! However, the rest of its life cycle ...
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Insect News 5: Army ants in amber, ant milk, and a blast from the past
In this episode of insect news hear about a rediscovered rare army ant fossil, a newly discovered milk like substance ants consume, and a selection of insect news stories from the early 20th century. Amber army ant:
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9:59
Insect News 4: Playfull bumble bees, mosquito magnets, and unusual CT scans
In this episode of Insect News we look back on the story of bumble bees playing that was all over the news a few weeks ago. We also take a look at why you might be attracting more mosquito bites then other people, and how some researchers used ...
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14:50
Insect News 3: Battle Bees, The Lanternfly Hoax, and Daylight Savings Time
It may have been a slow couple weeks on the Insect News front, but there's always something going on in the world of insects! Hear about the entomological origins of daylight savings time, a fake spotted lanternfly, and a woman charged fo...
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6:53
The Rocky Mountian Locust
The Rocky Mountain Locust is responsible for what is the largest locust swarm in recorded US history. In 1874 the swarm emerged from the rocky mountains and swept across the Midwest, blocking out the sun and covering entire states, leaving farm...
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Episode 19
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22:33
Insect News Episode 2: Tailless scorpions and plastic eating waxworms (you know, the usual)
The Ignobel awards were handed out recently, and the biology prize was given to research on scorpions ( not an insect, but close enough for us)! We also take a look at the recent resurgence of plastic eating waxworms in the news, get the whole ...
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Episode 2
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12:19
Insect News Episode 1: Monarchs and Lanternflies and mosquitos oh my!
The first episode of a new experiment we're doing where the topic is insect news! This hopefully bi-weekly series will be a quick look at whatever has been happening in the world of insects. For this episode we cover monarch butterflies status ...
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11:07
The Cochineal Insect
You may not have heard of it, but you've definitely encountered this insect before. The Cochineal insect is used to make a striking red dye that can still be encountered in foods and makeup at your local grocery store. Learn al...
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Episode 19
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15:34
Luna Moths
As far as moths go, this one is up there with the prettiest! Learn all about the luna moth's taste in plants as well as it's interesting defense mechanisms!
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Episode 18
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11:46
House Flies
An insect everyone knows! The House Fly has been mildly irritating humanity since the dawn of time. Learn all about their life cycle, relation to public health, and why they're still afraid of Canadian children to this day.
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Episode 17
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7:39
Insect Crimes
Hear ye Hear ye! The tale of the trial of the century is about to be told, the wine growers of St. Julian vs... weevils? Wait what? We're trying out a different format this episode by going over a piece of insect history! Tune in t...
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Episode 16
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12:27
Bee flies
Bombs away! Learn all about this adorable flies curious egg laying habitats as we finally discuss an actual fly!Sources- The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid fli...
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Episode 15
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11:26
2021 in review
Lets take a look back at the past year of Insectview, our plans for the future, and the candidates for the Bug of the Year!
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Episode 14
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9:08
Dobsonflies
Welcome to your one stop shop for learning all about the enigmatic aquatic predators known as Dobsonflies!Citations - Oviposition of the Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus, Megaloptera) on a Large River (Brian P. Mangan)&nb...
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Episode 13
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15:32
Periodical Cicadas
Just like our episodes subject, Insectview has emerged once again! Hear all about this summer's sensation, Periodical Cicadas!Sources- https://www.cicadamania.com- http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/highlights/periodicalCicada.html
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16:14
FairyFlies
You might need a microscope for this episode, as were taking a close look at the tiny insects known as FairyFlys!Sources:- (Poinar G, Huber JT) "A new genus of fossil Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from Cretaceous amber and ...
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Episode 11
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