Totally Buggin’

Cammie repurposes her extra credit presentation from her BMB 400 class and tells Faith about a new discovery: chimerism is obligate in male yellow crazy ants!

Faith tells Cammie about an invasive species that has been wreaking havoc in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states for the past several years.

Join Cammie and Faith as they recount The Bee Movie for insect accuracy, inaccuracy, and the movie's general enjoyability.

Cammie tells Faith about the arthropods that sting us: how and why they do it, how humans have characterized the pain of a bee sting, and how to prevent and treat stings.

Join Faith and Cammie as they talk about a seminar given by Dr. Anjel Helms about insect and plant interactions through volatiles (smells).

Join Faith and Cammie in a lesson about mimicry, different insects that use it, and their future plans for owning pet insects.

Cammie tells Faith about the fact and fiction behind the entomopathogenic fungus that inspired the hit video game The Last of Us and its HBO adaptation.

Cammie tells Faith about a discovery that changed her opinion about waxworms: these pests can degrade PET plastic.

Listen to Cammie and Faith talk about which arthropods they would "smash" (smush) and which they would let "pass" (let go).

Cammie tells Faith about the contributions of Charles Henry Turner, the father of behavioral entomology.

In this episode Cammie and Faith discuss the history of entomophagy, their personal experiences with entomophagy, and the emerging potentials of entomology in conservation.

Cammie gives Faith a refresher course on the basics of insect taxonomy, life cycles, and more.

Faith tells Cammie about monarch butterflies: their life cycles, migrations, cultural significance and how we can help preserve them.

Cammie tells Faith about the first ever vaccine for honey bees.