Bugs Need Heroes
by BugsNeedHeroes
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The Mean Queen (NAKED MOLE-RATS)
The Mean Queen (NAKED MOLE-RATS)
About this podcast
Each episode an artist and an ecologist team-up to discuss small creatures and create a bug-themed character. Check out the character artwork at BugsNeedHeroes.com or https://instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/
Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman.
Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman.
Character artwork by Amanda Niday.
Music is ”Ladybug Castle” by Rolemusic.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 113 episodes
- The Mean Queen (NAKED MOLE-RATS) · 1 h 36 min · Episode 112Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss an honorary bug, the naked mole-rat, which is only one of those three things. Kelly's Field Notes…
- Vanessa, the Wandering Witch (PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLIES) · 1 h 28 min · Episode 111Amanda and Dr Kelly Z talk about painted lady butterflies. Tangents include the Apothecary Diaries, alligators, and anime. We also discuss butterfly wings. The Monarch is the…
- Springald (SPRINGTAILS) · 1 h 6 min · Episode 110Amanda and Dr Kelly Z talk about springtails, which are not insects but are still very bugs. They are their own thing and they are a lot. Bug discussion begins at 8:25 Kelly's…
- The Elated Skip Jack (CLICK BEETLES) · 1 h 9 min · Episode 109Amanda and Dr Kelly Z talk about click beetles. These classic beetles deserve a classic superhero look. Tangents include Disney, dinosaurs, and social media (we prefer reddit)…
- Honey, I Shrunk The Podcast (GROUNDED!) · 1 h 11 min · Episode 108Amanda and Dr Kelly Z review the movie Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and the video game Grounded. Editor's Note: episodes may be out of order while we wrap up things from summer…
- Whoops! · 1 minProducer 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 · 60 min · Episode 107Kelly 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 are bad…
- The Vampire Hunters? (LOVEBUGS) with Ellen Weatherford · 1 h 37 min · Episode 106Dr 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 including…
- A Bug's Life Needs Heroes? · 1 h 22 min · Episode 105Amanda 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! [email protected]…
- 99 Episodes But an Itch Ain't One (FLEAS) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 104Amanda 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 · 1 h 3 min · Episode 103This episode we are joined by Joey Santore of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't. Joey's website: https://www.crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt.com/ Joey's Instagram…
- The Poultry P.I. (CLOWN BEETLES) · 1 h 0 min · Episode 102Send 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 Jason…
- The Larva Face (IRONCLAD BEETLES) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 101The 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 name that…
- Attaantium (LEAFCUTTER ANTS) · 1 h 10 min · Episode 100Amanda 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…
- Bug Hero: The Bee Babette (Dr KIT PRENDERGAST) · 1 h 2 min · Episode 99This 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 threats?…
- Bringing Home a Baby Butterfly (LARGE BLUE BUTTERFLY) · 1 h 4 min · Episode 97There 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. Eric…
- The SciComm Spectre (PHASMIDS) · 60 min · Episode 96Amanda 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-insect…
- The Admiral's Insect (TREE LOBSTERS) · 1 h 15 min · Episode 95This 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 and…
- Bug Hero: Dr Nina Jenkins (BED BUGS) · 1 h 15 min · Episode 94This 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 discuss how…
