Entocast: Recent Episodes
Nick and Liam
Entocast is a podcast all about the fascinating world of insects. Join Nick and Liam as they discuss everything from Aphids to Ants, Bees to Butterflies... you get the idea! Every month they'll be a new episode about a new entomological topic.
What's happening to all the insects? And what can we do about it? Join Nick as he interviews Brad Lister, who recently published an article showing dramatic insect declines, and Helen Roy, a conservation biologist in the UK, as they discuss this important topic.
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Show Notes
German insect declines article
Brad’s paper
Washington Post Article
The State of Nature report
Hope in conservation biology
Helen Roy on Twitter
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This time we're joined by Dr. Heather Campbell to discuss ants. What makes ants so interesting? Why do they appear so much in popular culture? What are they? Listen to find out!
In this episode Liam and Nick discuss their favourite weird and wonderful insects. From Phasmids to Parasites we traverse the insect group finding the best oddities.
We were at the launch of the National Insect Week learning more about this great event!
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Show Notes
National Insect Week Events
All about Carim and his artwork
M.G. Leonard and her fantastic books
Get involved!
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We're joined by Will Heany from the Longhorn Recording Scheme to discuss an awesome group of beetles the Longhorns!
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The longhorn beetles
Harlequin Beetle
Macrodontia cervicornis
The Asian Longhorn Beetle
It's been a whole year of entocast! To celebrate we're awarding some new awards to exceptional insects.
Think you know flies? Think again! We're joined by fly fanatic Erica McAlister (@flygirlNHM) to learn more about this misunderstood group. From fearsome Phorids to flightless flies we're going to take you on a fun tour of this fascinating group.
Show Notes
Erica McAlister
Erica's book - The secret life of flies
Flies as pollinators
The Fearsome Phorids
Conopid flies parasitising bumblebees
Hoverflies eating maggots
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In this episode we talk to Professor Helen Roy (@UKLadybirds) and discuss the role of citizen science in tracking invasive species. We also discuss the value of citizen science and potential advantages and disadvantages.
Last year we went on another brilliant podcast, fieldwork diaries, and we thought you guys would love it too!
Check them out at: https://www.fieldworkdiaries.com/
This time Nick and Liam take a trip to the RHS headquarters in Wisley, where the ento team tells us all we could ever want to know about Garden Entomology.
Jes's twitter and instagram
Previous episode on insects and Winter
Paper discussing invasion risk of E. murphyi's in Antarctica
Polypedilum vanderplanki the world's most freezable insect
Arctic Woolly Bear Moth (Gynaephora groenlandica)** and it's cool lifecycle
Show notesInterviewees:Jordan Ryder
Roy Sanderson
Michelle Davis
Jenny Hodgson
Darren Evans
Jasper Hubert (+Koppert)
Michael Hassell
Vicki Senior
Ashleigh Whiffin
Matthew Esh
Gordon Port
Show NotesOsmia bicornis
Nick's industrial partner - Biobest
Rearing Osmia spp.
Lengthening Megachile rotundata diapause
Problems of commercialisation
Overwintering is not good for lipids
iRecord app
BWARs Website
Some of the problems with recording
Nest site fidelity of Osmia bicornis
Mwahahaha... it's time for the Entocast Halloween Special! This time Nick and Liam discuss the freakiest insects they can find. Mwahahaha... it's time for the Entocast Halloween Special! This time Nick and Liam discuss the freakiest insects they can find. From flesh-eaters to mind-controllers the insect world has a variety of spooky bugs!
This time we're letting the public do the talking for us! We're chatting to people at the insect festival in York all about insects. We also have an interview with Fran Sconce, who talks to us all about outreach in entomology. There's also some of the usual waffle from us.
I've asked it, you've asked it, we all have! What is the point of wasps? Well this time Nick and Liam try to answer it with help from Dr. Seirian Sumner and discover that wasps are more than just pests.
Get your Entocation! This time Nick and Liam are joined by the EntoProf, Prof. Simon Leather, as they discuss teaching in entomology. From Pokémon to Victorian Gentlemen Nick and Liam will take you through everything you wanted to know about entomological teaching.
Insects are incredibly dependent on the surrounding temperature and environment, so how on earth do they survive winter? Where do they all go? That's what we're trying to find out this episode, and helping us with it is our supervisor Dr. Scott Hayward.
What happens to insects when you increase CO2? That's what Liam's trying to find out! This time Nick and Liam are discussing Liam's work at the new forestry institute at the University of Birmingham and they're joined by Professor Jon Sadler.
Nick and Liam are back and this time they're talking about bees. Join them as they discuss bees origins, pollination, some cool facts about bees and answer some frequently asked questions.
Join Nick and Liam as they tackle all sorts of entomological topics from aphids to ants, bees to butterflies, cockroaches to well.. you get the idea. This episode is the pilot where Nick and Liam host the insect oscars to see what insects are the best in their respective categories.