Episode 12 - Spiders and other bugs

Spiders with Dr Leilani Walker. In the twelfth episode of Hey, Did You Know? An AUT Podcast, Dr Leilani Walker chats to host Susan Strongman about why she once had 30 giant-jawed spiders living in her garage, sexual cannibalism in praying mantises, necrophiliac penguins... and why we should care about any of these things.Dr Walker (Te Whakatōhea) is a senior lecturer in environmental science at AUT and curator of entomology at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. As a behavioural ecologist, she uses terrestrial invertebrate models to study sexual selection, intra-specific competition and evolution. Dr Walker’s research interests also encompass entomology and arachnology more generally, as well as equity in higher education and science.MAIN TOPICS AND DISCUSSION The man who invented day light saving time Sheetweb spiders  The global spread of (mis)information on spiders 'Sexual depravity' of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal  COMMUNITY CALLS AND ACTION Rate & Review on your chosen podcast app Follow the show on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/autuninews/⁠Tell us what you want to know about next: [email protected] ⁠ CREDITS Host – Susan StrongmanEditors – Susan StrongmanProducer – Mike KilpatrickExecutive Producer – Nicola HopkinsMusic – Clinton WatkinsDesign – AUT Brand Team