Christmas Special: Insects in Antartica

Photo Courtesy of Jesamine Bartlett, click the photo for her instagram.

Merry Christmas! Today on the show we're talking to Jesamine Bartlett (@JesamineCB), about her work with Eretmoptera murphyi, a fascinating flightless midge in Antarctica. Cold... Christmas... get it?!

Show Notes

Jes's twitter and instagram

Location of Signy island

Previous episode on insects and Winter

Paper discussing invasion risk of E. murphyi's in Antarctica

Polypedilum vanderplanki the world's most freezable insect

Arctic Woolly Bear Moth (Gynaephora groenlandica) and it's cool lifecycle

A skua

By Patrick Coin (Patrick Coin) - Photograph taken by Patrick Coin, CC BY-SA 2.5

Obligatory shot of Liam in his lit up Christmas jumper!