Online Bug Encounters

Join us every Wednesday at 1:00 PM as we go live with some of your favorite Bug Ambassadors. Tune in for each encounter, as we’ll be covering a different topic, with new critters, every time.

To catch our videos live, check out our Facebook page! Some videos come with an activity you can do at home with your family. Scroll down for archived videos and activities from past weeks.

Thorny Devil Stick Insects 8/23/23

The Scorpion’s Glow 8/16/23

Tarantula Feeding 8/2/23

For the Love of Cockroaches 7/12/23

Vinegaroons 7/5/23

Dragonflies and Damselflies 6/28/23

Pollinator appreciation 6/21/23

How do arthropods molt? 6/14/23

Camouflage and Mimicry 6/7/23

Spider Feeding Demonstration 5/31/23

Tailless Whip Scorpions 5/17/23

Insect ID: Millipedes and Centipedes 5/10/23

Insect ID: Beetles and True Bugs 5/3/23

Insect ID: Butterflies and Moths 4/26/23

Insect ID: Bees, Wasps and Flies 4/19/23

Back to Basics: What makes an insect, an insect? 4/12/23

Native Bees 3/29/23

“Save the Bees” 3/22/23

Inside the Hive 3/8/23

The History of Beekeeping 3/1/23

Isopods 2/22/23

The Cricket’s Song 2/15/23

Scorpions 2/8/23

Old and New World Tarantulas 2/1/23

Biomimicry 1/25/23

Millipede or Centipede? 1/18/23

Insect Colors 1/11/23

Walking Stick Eggs 1/4/23

Molting & Metamorphosis 12/28/22

Beetlemania Part 2 12/14/22

Beetlemania Part 1 12/7/22

Unconventional Camouflage 11/30/22

Arthropods & Their Big Jobs 11/23/22

Cockroaches 11/16/22

How Arachnids Eat 11/9/22

Spider Webs 11/2/22

Centipedes 10/26/22

Vinegaroons 10/19/22

Tailless Whip Scorpions 10/12/22

DNA Barcoding 101 Part II 10/5/22

DNA Barcoding 101 Part I 9/28/22

Thermal Tolerance and Thermoregulation in Arthropods 9/21/22

Polly, Burgundy Goliath Birdeater Tarantula, Update 9/14/22

The European Mantis 9/6/22

Spiders with Bad Reputations 8/31/22

Metamorphosis 8/24/22

Dragonflies and Damselflies 8/17/22

Fireflies 8/10/22

Barcoding US Ants 7/27/22

Australian Walking Sticks 7/20/22

Millipede or Centipede? 7/13/22

Arthropods of North America 7/6/22

Pollinators 6/22/22

Wolf Spiders 6/8/22

Black Widows 6/1/22

Scorpions 5/25/22

Millipedes 5/18/22

Hermit Crabs 5/11/22

Polly 5/4/22

Water Striders 4/27/22

Isopods 4/20/22

Cockroaches 4/13/22

The Insect Circulatory System 4/6/22

Aquatic Insect Respiration 3/30/22

Terrestrial Insect Respiration 3/23/22

Rainbow Stag Beetles 3/16/22

Molting 101 3/9/22

Domino Roaches 3/2/22

Vietnamese Walking Sticks 2/23/22

Thorny Devil Stick Insects 2/16/22

Fishing Spiders 2/9/22

Wolf Spiders 2/2/22

100th Episode Celebration 1/26/22

Beetle Weaponry 1/19/22

Beetle Basics 1/12/22

A Tribute to E.O. Wilson 1/5/22

New Year’s Reflections 12/29/21

The Legend of the Christmas Spider 12/15/21

Web Design Part II 12/8/21

Web Design Part I 12/1/21

Giving Thanks for Pollinators Part 2 11/24/21

Giving Thanks for Pollinators Part I 11/17/21

Thermal Tolerance 11/10/21

New Arrivals 11/3/21

Creepiest Crawlies 10/27/21

Venezuelan Suntiger Tarantulas 10/20/21

Tailless Whip Scorpions 10/13/21

Parasitoid Wasps 10/6/21

Social Wasps 9/29/21

Galls 9/22/21

Scorpions 9/15/21

Spider Myths 9/8/21

Black Widows 9/1/21

Tarantula Behavior 8/25/21

European Praying Mantises 8/18/21

Aquatic Insects: Caddisflies 8/11/21

Water Striders 8/4/21

Aquatic Insects: Dragonflies & Damselflies 7/21/21

Aquatic Insects: Mayflies & Stoneflies 7/14/21

Extreme-living Arthropods 6/30/21

Millipede or Centipede? 6/16/21

Spider Webs Part 2 6/9/21

Spider Webs 6/2/21

Animal Weapon Diversity 5/19/21

Spring Insects 5/5/21

Barcoding US Ants: Gel Electrophoresis 4/28/21

Barcoding US Ants: Performing PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) 4/21/21

Barcoding US Ants: DNA Extraction and Amplification- 4/14/21

Vietnamese Walking Sticks- 4/7/21

Vinegaroons- 3/31/21

Captivating Crustaceans- 3/24/21

It’s Not Easy Being Green- 3/17/21

Isopods- 3/10/21

Metamorphosis – 3/3/21

Molting – 2/24/21

For the Love of Cockroaches – 2/17/21

Living Colors – 2/10/21

Why Does the Scorpion Glow? – 2/3/21

The History of Millipedes – 1/27/21

What Makes an Insect an Insect? – 1/20/21

Phasmid Update – 1/13/21

Goliath Birdeaters – 1/6/21

New Year’s Reflections – 12/30/20

Legend of the Christmas Spider – 12/23/20

Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula – 12/16/20

Woolly Bear Winter Forecast & Other Insect Folklore – 12/9/20

BEETLEMANIA PART 3: Animal Weaponry Research – 12/2/20

Giving Thanks for Bugs – 11/26/20

Dead Leaf Mantis – 11/18/20

Huntsman Spiders – 11/11/20

Entomophagy – 11/4/20

New Critters! – 10/28/20

Tailless Whip Scorpions – 10/21/20

Parasitic Wasps – 10/7/20

Leaf Miners – 9/30/20

Trilobites (with special guest Kallie Moore!) – 9/23/20

Meet Milton!… and Milton… and Milton! – 9/16/20

Parthenogenesis – 9/2/20

Phasmids 8/26/20

Grasshoppers – 8/19/20

Spittlebugs – 8/12/20

Venom – 8/5/20

Derby’s Flower Beetles – 7/29/20

Insect Sleep – 7/22/20

Whirligig Beetles – 7/15/20

Fishing Spiders – 7/8/20

Sea Spiders – 7/1/20

Leafcutter Bees – 6/17/20

Old World vs. New World Tarantulas – 6/10/20

True Bugs – 6/3/20

Bess Beetles – 6/1/20

Honey Bees – 5/27/20

Spider Silk – 5/20/20

Blue Death Feigning Beetles – 5/18/20

Spider Eyes – 5/13/20

Crustacean Appreciation – 5/11/20

Molting – 5/6/20

Amazing Aquatic Arthropods – 5/4/20

Isopods, Roly-Polys, and Wood Lice, Oh My! – 4/29/20

The “Other” Roaches – 4/27/20

Vinegaroons – 4/22/20

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches – 4/20/20

BEETLEMANIA PART 2: Beetle Weaponry – 4/15/20

Praying Mantis Appreciation Day – 4/13/20

BEETLEMANIA – 4/8/20

Creative Creatures – 4/6/20

Spring Butterflies – 4/1/20

Spider Trivia – 3/30/20

Centipedes 101 – 3/27/20

Scorpions 101 – 3/25/20

Meet Milton the Millipede – 3/20/20

Meet the Rosies – 3/18/20