Bugs Need Heroes

Honey, I Shrunk The Podcast (GROUNDED!)

Amanda and Dr Kelly Z review the movie Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and the video game Grounded.   Note: episodes may be out of order while we wrap up things from summer.

Whoops!

Producer Derek messed up the summer schedule so things will be intermittent until everyone gets back from family/travel/bug related adventures.

Dr Kelly Zimmerman on Spooko Podcast

Kelly guests on Spooko Podcast to talk about the film Prince of Darkness and discuss bug wranglers, 'pre'-biotics, and why so many horror movies about satan assume bugs a

The Vampire Hunters? (LOVEBUGS) with Ellen Weatherford

Dr Kelly Z is out today and filling in for her is Ellen Weatherford of Just The Zoo of Us podcast to discuss lovebugs (Plecia nearctica). Many tangents in this episode in

A Bug's Life Needs Heroes?

Amanda and Kelly share their thoughts about the 1998 Disney/Pixar movie A Bug's Life. Movie discussion begins at 5:30   Send us questions and suggestions! BugsNeedHero

99 Episodes But an Itch Ain't One (FLEAS)

Amanda and Dr Kelly Z talk discuss the order Siphonaptera. They talk about all the things fleas are famous for: jumping on cats, giving rats the plague, and singing about

Bug Heroes: Joey Santore

This episode we are joined by Joey Santore of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't.   Joey's website: https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/ Joey's Instagram: https://www.

The Poultry P.I. (CLOWN BEETLES)

Send in the clown beetles! Amanda thinks they are the most beetle you can be! Dr Kelly Z thinks they are cute! This episode is not for the coulrophobic! Tangents include

The Larva Face (IRONCLAD BEETLES)

The uncrushable beetle has arrived in all his bedazzlements. Tangents include America's Next Top Model, Frankenstein, and a lot of wrestling talk. And Amanda picked a nam

Attaantium (LEAFCUTTER ANTS)

Amanda and Dr Kelly Z talk about leaf cutter ants. This is an iconic ant. 'Nuff said!   Bug discussion begins around 6:00   Kelly's Field Notes: https://www.bugsneedh

Bug Hero: The Bee Babette (Dr KIT PRENDERGAST)

This episode we are joined by Dr Kit Prendergast to talk about wild bees! How do we protect these important pollinators from the many threats and what exactly are those t

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At Emerald City Comic Con. Back again soon!

Bringing Home a Baby Butterfly (LARGE BLUE BUTTERFLY)

There are only seven basic plots: Overcoming the monster, Rags to riches, Voyage/Return, Comedy, Tragedy, Rebirth, and the Quest. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is all seven

The SciComm Spectre (PHASMIDS)

Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss a popular family of insects and one in particular that is very popular in zoos and museums, the giant-australian-prickly-walking-stick-insec

The Admiral's Insect (TREE LOBSTERS)

This week Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss the Lord Howe Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis). This species was presumed extinct until a small extant population was found an

Bug Hero: Dr Nina Jenkins (BED BUGS)

This episode we are joined by Dr Nina Jenkins of ConidioTec to talk bed bugs and how a fungal treatment called Apprehend she developed can be used to control them. We dis

Auntie Spider (SOCIAL AND SPITTING SPIDERS)

We take another dip into our spider-verse with a discussion of spitting spiders and spider sociality. Tangents include parenting and homework advice, hamster cannibalism,

The Rising of the Stink Hero (SHIELD BUGS)

This week Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss the family Pentatomidae, also known as shield bugs but more commonly known as stink bugs. You may have fought them in the video ga

Spider Rider (MANTIDFLIES)

This episode Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss mantidflies (Mantispidae), which are neither mantids nor flies. Tangents include movies, deviled eggs, and kicking robot dogs.

The Good, The Bad, and the Bugly (LONGHORN BEETLES)

This episode Amanda and Kelly discuss long-horn beetles. Tangents include forest creatures, mimicry, and television's Survivor.   Kelly's Field Notes and pictures from