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Some are itchy, some are painful, some go totally unnoticed by us every single day...bugs have such variety in the ways they chomp, some chomps aren't even from bug mouths, but from bug butts! Join us while we debate, query, and learn all we can about the wide world of bug bites.
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A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Trivia Question]
Size of giant toe-biting water bugs found in Cyprus
travaux.pensoft.net/article/94457
livescience.com/animals/insects/giant-toe-biter-water-bugs-discovered-in-cyprus-for-the-1st-time
blog.abchomeandcommercial.com/do-water-bugs-bite
cyprus-mail.com/2024/03/20/massive-bug-sighted-keep-your-toes-out-of-the-water
[Fact Off]
Epomis beetle larvae and adults eat frogs as role-reversal predators
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025161
Photos here: gilwizen.com/photography/epomis-beetles
Bumble bees bite plant leaves to make them flower early
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay0496
scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-to-force-them-to-flower-seriously
https://wisconsinbumblebees.entomology.wisc.edu/about-bumble-bees/life-cycle-and-development/
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/67/17/4925/2197656
[Ask the Science Couch]
Causes of itchiness and how calamine lotion / zinc oxide works
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862869
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-stop-bug-bites-itching
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9532860
frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02090/full
jsstd.org/calamine-lotion
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120804
Patreon bonus: Bugs with big mandibles or bite marks (even if they rarely bite humans)
pukaha.org.nz/the-wacky-world-of-new-zealand-weta
newzealandecology.org/nzje/2995
nhm.ac.uk/discover/stag-beetles.html
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/217/7/1065/13119/Biomechanical-determinants-of-bite-force
nps.gov/articles/giant-water-bug.htm
[Butt One More Thing]
Beaded lacewing (Lomamyia latipennis) larvae paralyze termites with farts before eating them
wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey
nature.com/articles/289506a0
#scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents
Head to shopify.com/scishow to learn more and for a free trial. Thanks to Shopify, a commerce platform that helps you start, grow, and manage your business, for supporting SciShow.
Some are itchy, some are painful, some go totally unnoticed by us every single day...bugs have such variety in the ways they chomp, some chomps aren't even from bug mouths, but from bug butts! Join us while we debate, query, and learn all we can about the wide world of bug bites.
Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes of our podcast here: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts!
Head to patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!
And go to store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to find great SciShow Tangents merch!
A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!
Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions!
While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen
[Trivia Question]
Size of giant toe-biting water bugs found in Cyprus
travaux.pensoft.net/article/94457
livescience.com/animals/insects/giant-toe-biter-water-bugs-discovered-in-cyprus-for-the-1st-time
blog.abchomeandcommercial.com/do-water-bugs-bite
cyprus-mail.com/2024/03/20/massive-bug-sighted-keep-your-toes-out-of-the-water
[Fact Off]
Epomis beetle larvae and adults eat frogs as role-reversal predators
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025161
Photos here: gilwizen.com/photography/epomis-beetles
Bumble bees bite plant leaves to make them flower early
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay0496
scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-bite-plants-to-force-them-to-flower-seriously
https://wisconsinbumblebees.entomology.wisc.edu/about-bumble-bees/life-cycle-and-development/
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/67/17/4925/2197656
[Ask the Science Couch]
Causes of itchiness and how calamine lotion / zinc oxide works
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4862869
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/how-stop-bug-bites-itching
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9532860
frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02090/full
jsstd.org/calamine-lotion
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120804
Patreon bonus: Bugs with big mandibles or bite marks (even if they rarely bite humans)
pukaha.org.nz/the-wacky-world-of-new-zealand-weta
newzealandecology.org/nzje/2995
nhm.ac.uk/discover/stag-beetles.html
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/217/7/1065/13119/Biomechanical-determinants-of-bite-force
nps.gov/articles/giant-water-bug.htm
[Butt One More Thing]
Beaded lacewing (Lomamyia latipennis) larvae paralyze termites with farts before eating them
wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey
nature.com/articles/289506a0
#scishow #podcast #comedy #science #education #scishowtangents
