Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware Answers Common Insect Questions | 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
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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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