the Insect Insights
Chill insect stories to relax, and wonder
The Insect Insights is a short-form scientific podcast. Its aim is to tell short and simple stories about arthropods, mostly terrestrial, mostly insects, to make them a bit more familiar to you. The stories are always told using the second person, so you can feel like you are actually living them. Hop on for a meditative journey into entomology!
You can find it on most podcast platforms, and here is the RSS feed link.
Season 2
You can also find all the episodes' scripts and sources below:
Season 1
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The alkali fly, a specialised swimmer
The story of a salty dive.
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Aphelocheirus, a longlasting diver
The story of a well-equipped swimmer.
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The wrong caterpillar, an unlucky victim
The story of a mistake that left a trace.
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The Strepsipteran larva, a treasure of miniaturization
The story of an animal at the apex of smallness.
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The silverfish, a picky eater
The story of a diet choice.
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Solenopsis, a little thief
The story of a band of minute thieves.
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The leafminer, a minute moth
The story of a hacker in a leaf.
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Colobopsis, an explosive ant
The story of an unexpected encounter.
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Volucella, a fly living among wasps
The story of a guest in a wasp nest.
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Erigone, a miniature flying spider
The story of an aerial journey.
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Acropyga & pet, a matriarch duo
The story of a partnership between ant and mealy bug.
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Myrmeleon, a hidden foe
The story of a battle in the sand.
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Tyrannomyrmex, a captive ant
The story of an ant in an unusual setting.
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The angel insect, and its exceptional wings
The story of a delicious mating.
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Ant larva, an immobile worker
The story of a industrious little baby.
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Podagrion, a passe-muraille wasp
The story of wasp breaking in a fortress.
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The Rusty Tussock moth, a task splitter
The story of a caterpillar at a morphological crossroad.
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Rhynocoris, an assassin with a multitool
The story of a bug with a versatile venom.
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Extatosoma, an early runner
The story of a young spiny leaf insect on an escape trajectory.
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Teleopsis, a fly with the eyes of a stalker
The story of a fly with several millimeter between its eyes.
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Staphylinidae, a family of crafty beetles
The story of a beetle with its wings neatly packed.
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Meloe, an explorer of possiblities
The story of a larva trying new things.
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Winter special! The snow dwellers
The story of insects who defy the cold.
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The vulture bee, a carrion enjoyer and her iron belly
The story of a bee who went through a major diet switch.
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Eristalis tenax, a crafty maggot
The story of a larva breathing through its elongated butt.
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Xenos vesparum, a twisted parasite
The story of a clever parasite in a wasp butt.
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Nicrophorus, a beetle hiding its treasure
The story of a beetle and its microbial friends.
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Austrospirachtha, a double-agent
The story of a sneaky beetle with a special rear end.
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Pisaura, a generous spider
The story of a male spider preparing his mating.
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Scarabaeus, a navigator in the night
The story of a beetle with an eye for the night sky.
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Ammophila, a caring mother
The story of a solitary wasp looking for a prey.
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Antarctophthirus, a travelling louse
The story of a louse starting its journey on the back of a sea lion.
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Myrmica microrubra, a royal cheater
The story of a queen ant, slightly different from the other queens.
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Sphecodes albilabris, a bee stealing from other bees
The story of a cuckoo bee looking for a host nest.
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Cupido minimus, a territorial butterfly
The story of a female butterfly laying her eggs.
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Tetragnatha, a spider ready to bite for love
The story of a male spider looking for a mate.
Some more info
I edit the podcast using Ardour, a free/libre DAW software. I build the acoustic atmospheres using samples from INaturalist users most of the times, and sometimes personal recordings or other sources. Details an due credits can be found in the dedicated page. My voice is recorded at Agentur Sisigrant.
If you want to support the podcast, you can make donations on my ko-fi page! For insect questions, or general questions about the podcast, drop me an email at mail[at]maxaubrydotcom.