All Episodes

The heaviest stick insects in the world! (Jungle Nymphs)

Why cucumber beetles aren't welcome in the garden!

The Centipede that became a Millipede! (Edentistoma octosulcatum)

The cutest giant(?) silkmoth. Rosy Maple Moths!

Copepods! And why the world can't cope without them.

Deer Ticks vs Dog/Wood Ticks and what to do when they bite!

Fairies are real! (Fairyflies, the tiniest insects in the world)

Asian Jumping Worms! (You don't want these in your yard)

Ensign Wasps! (The Roach Hunters)

The invisible menace you've definitely met! (No-See-Ums)

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

Myth Busting Craneflies!

Dragon Headed Katydids!

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

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

Thorn Bugs! Masters of Masquerade

Termite Skyscrapers & Ant Metropolises: Nature’s Ultimate Architects

This fly can eat dragonflies!? (Robberflies)

Huntsman Spiders! (you might want to keep these around)

Bugs in space!

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

The weird world of water fleas!

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

Hummingbird Moths!

The hidden lives of Honeypot Ants!

The old world Swallowtail Butterfly!

These wasps are artists! (Potter Wasps)

Snail eating beetles! (Carabinae)

Terrariums 101!

Indy is that you? (Whip Spiders!)

Don't kill these flies! (Hoverflies)

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

The executioner! (wasp)

These bugs are silent killers (Assasin Bugs!)

Click Beetles!

Owlflies! (The nocturnal insect dragons)

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

Are we screwed? (Screwworms)

Tiny Creatures, BIG legends!

Mighty Mites! (Soil Mites, Spider Mites, Varroa, and the Ones Living on Your Skin)

Tiny Insect Imposters! (Springtails)

Freshwater Goblins? (Dobsonflies!)

Carnivorous Caterpillars!

Gall Wasps! (what goes on in plant galls and are they bad for trees?)

Lobster Moths!

Cave Dwelling Insects!

Insects that live in extreme heat!

Insects that use tools!

Rainbow Stag Beetles!

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

Underwater Spiders! (Diving Bell Spider)

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

Mole Crabs! (The small oval critters coming out of the sand at your favorite beach)

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

The European Ground Beetle (Carabus coriaceus)

The Dubious Dubia Roach!

Oil Beetles!

The longest legged arthropod! (Japanese spider crabs)

The silkmoth that squeaks! (Rhodinia fugax)

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

Yellow Crazy Ants!

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

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

Joro Spiders! (The new spiders on the block)

Spotted Lanternflies! (what we now know)

Tortoise Beetles!

Jumping Spiders! (Cutest Spiders?)

Leaf Miners!

Trilobites! The prehistoric rolly pollys of the sea.

Carnivorous Plants!

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

Hermit Crabs! (are they actually hermits?)

Cherry Shrimps! (Neocaridina davidi)

Giant Wood Moths! (Heaviest Moth)

Goliath Beetles!

Swallowtail Butterflies! (An Overview)

Paper Wasps!

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

Sea Slaters/Wharf Roaches!

Millipedes!

Centipedes!

These skippers skipped the Butterflies 101 lecture (Skipper Butterflies)

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

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

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

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

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

Green Lacewings! aka Aphid Lions

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

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

Harvestmen/Daddy Long Legs!

Isopods as Pets 101!

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

Harlequin Beetles! (Acrocinus longimanus)

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

Nature's Grave Diggers! (Sexton Beetles)

Giraffe Weevils!

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

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

Christmas Beetles!