Giant Cockroaches and Beetles that Eat Polystyrene

Hosts: Zack (He/They) & Issy (She/They) Today on the show we talked about the Giant Burrowing Cockroaches native only to Queensland plus the discovery of a beetle larvae capable of eating polystyrene. Andrew Bartlett also conducted an interview with John Tasker, the president of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72201-9 https://rgsq.org.au/ Bushcare Roundup!! Thursday 14th November 17:30 - 19:00 - Flying-fox Flyout Event - Habitat Drive, Redland Bay Friday 15th November 19:00 - 21:00 - Frog Discovery Walk - Nerang National Park Saturday 16th November 7:30 - 9:00 - Currumbin Creek Care Group Tree Planting - Currumbin Valley 9:30 - 10:30 - Creating Habitats for Our Brilliant Bees - Queens Park Environment Education Centre, Ipswich 14:00 - 15:00 - Frog Oasis: Building Backyard Habitats - Springwood Park, Springwood Sunday 17th November 8:00 - 11:00 - Friends of Koala Park Volunteer Event - Fleay’s Conservation Park, Burleigh Heads 14:00 - 16:00 - Bushcare and Beer - Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea 15:30 - 17:30 - Yeronga Bushcare End of November Working Bee - Intersection of Brisbane Corso and Otaki Road, Yeronga 19:00 - 20:45 - Frog ID Week - Cicada Park, Chapel Hill If you'd like to listen back to the episode, you can listen On Demand or the Podcast by going to https://4zzz.org.au/program/eco-radio 4ZZZ's community lives and creates on Turrbal, Yuggera, and Jagera land. Sovereignty was never ceded.