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Insect Physiology

A few weeks back we were talking to Edith Widder and she happened to mention in passing that inse...

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11.10 22 Mar 2020


Insect Physiology



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11.10 22 Mar 2020


A few weeks back we were talking to Edith Widder and she happened to mention in passing that insects breathe through the side of their bodies.

It was around about this time that myself and producer Aidan Mc Kelvey realised that we know next to nothing about insect physiology.

So today we’ve decided to change that and who better to have as a teacher than “The King of Sting”.

He is otherwise known as Justin Schmidt, Entomologist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona


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