• Cloudy With a Chance of Flies. And first book event announcement.

  • May 28 2024
  • Length: 13 mins
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Cloudy With a Chance of Flies. And first book event announcement.

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  • In warmer weather, have you ever encountered a cloud of flies buzzing up and down near a water body? Chances are that you have encountered a swarm of midges. This episode gets into the biology of these amazingly diverse little insects. I am also pleased to announce my first book event at Phoenix Books in Burlington Vermont at 7:00PM on Thursday June 6th 2024. Finally, I reveal some secrets of the podcast recording process in my back yard shed.


    The episode art is a photograph of a male adult midge with its characteristic feathery antennae. The females have simpler antennae but are none the less incredible products of fine-tuned evolution. The art comes from Wikimedia user WanderingMogwai and is shared under

    • CC-BY-SA-4.0

    Original image is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Non-Biting_Midge_chironomus_spp..jpg

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