Howdy,
I'm back! I've finally gotten myself back to doing this podcast, and I decided to start with bugs. "True" bugs. All those pesky sap suckers that plague our plants. The new Podcast art is a AI Neural Net's cyberpunk "Retro-wave" interpretation of a bumblebee on a Hollyhock. This was generated by Welshpixie - https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie who's a great artist over on Mastodon. I'm on Mastodon as Troy the Gardener - https://kith.kitchen/web/@Capheind. If you subscribed during my long hiatus I'd like to thank you, seeing my nearly abandoned podcast get around 30 downloads a week kept me interested in coming back.
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The order Hemiptera at the Discover Life website. A great overview of the order.
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hemiptera
The order Hemiptera from the Australian National Science Agency that breaks down the Suborders.
https://ento.csiro.au/education/insects/hemiptera.html
A squash bug article with a good picture of the egg clusters.
https://extension.umn.edu/fruit-and-vegetable-insects/squash-bugs
A University of Wisconsin extension article about Scale Insects.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/scale-insects/
The Lost Ladybug project, with some info on Ladybugs as well as details on the loss of native species in the United States.
http://www.lostladybug.org/