Entomologist Answers Insect Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis behead their partners after mating? Why do crickets chirp? Are tarantulas dangerous? Answers to these questions and many more await on Insect Support.



0:00 Insect Support

0:20 Why do praying mantis behead their partners?

1:15 What’s it look like inside a bug?

1:46 Would cockroaches survive a nuclear war?

3:01 A Bug’s Life is a documentary

3:56 Mosquitos

4:55 Butterfly in the skyyy I can go twice as high

6:07 Those man-eating scarab beetles from The Mummy

6:21 ELI5: How do dragonflies and flies coordinate flight while mating?

7:32 More mosquito concerns

8:21 Ocean Roach: $14/lb

8:52 Tarantulas: Good Guys

9:58 breet breet

10:25 Bug repellent spray

10:58 What are you lookin at?

12:05 Insect consciousness

13:07 Are scorpions insects?

14:07 “She got me pretty good.”

14:19 Leaf bugs, etc.

15:13 Antennae

16:35 Windshields

17:20 ???? “Who’s the new guy?”

17:47 Which ants have the most effective armies?

18:30 God save the queen

19:34 We stan a long-living termite king or queen

20:58 Why do dragonflies have indicators/black marks on their wings?

21:54 Prehistoric dragonfly nightmare fuel

23:17 buzz off, bro

24:02 Look to the stars, dung beetle

24:46 Insect protein

25:22 Pollination

26:59 Fruit files, right on cue

27:48 Fossilized without bones

28:45 Lantern flies

29:22 Cicadas

29:53 Chagas disease

31:00 You would not believe your eyes

31:37 Why does evolution cause bees to die when stinging?



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The footage of bees at 10:40 is part of the following article by Hiruni Samadi Galpayage Dona, Cwyn Solvi, Amelia Kowalewska, Kaarle Makela, HaDi MaBouDi, Lars Chittk: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347222002366

Its use is possible under the following creative commons license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/



Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey

Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan

Editor: Richard Trammell

Expert: Dr. Jessica Ware

Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen

Associate Producer: Brandon White

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer

Camera Operator: Constantine Economides

Sound Mixer: Austin Ramsey

Production Assistant: Shanti Cuizon-Burden

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino

Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo

Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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