Beetles
Critter of the Week Tiger beetle
Sticking with invertebrates that have charismatic megafauna in their names, this week is the common tiger beetle. Audio
Why beetles are so important
British entomologist, writer and beetlemaniac Richard Jones joins us to explain why these insects are among the most important organisms in the world Audio
Pest destroys PNG coffee as government fails to cough up
Papua New Guinea's coffee industry is being increasingly threatened by an invasive beetle while the government stalls on promised emergency funding. Audio
Young Scientists: Alexandrea Whyte
Young researcher Alexandrea Whyte has been out in dense bush hunting for weta and beetles, to see if they've been affected by 1080 poison drops in the area to control predators. It's the fourth of a… Audio
To Catch a Trapdoor Spider
Trapdoor spiders live on mud banks in long silk-lined tunnels with a camouflaged trapdoor, and Vikki Smith has developed a cunning way of luring them out Audio
The Finite Number of Bugs
Professor Nigel Stork discusses bugs and it appears that there is probably a lot less species diversity than originally thought. Audio