Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast

Wasps with Seirian Sumner

August 15, 2022 Season 1 Episode 24
Wasps with Seirian Sumner
Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
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Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
Wasps with Seirian Sumner
Aug 15, 2022 Season 1 Episode 24

Are wasps the anti-bee? Malicious, stripey villains who exist to make our lives worse? Unsurprisingly: no.  Tom is joined by Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at University College London and author of 'Endless Forms', who has made it her mission to repair the reputation of the wasp, and share what makes the Apocrita both interesting and vital.
Join us to discover the imporance of wasps, as well as the architecture, social structures and eye-watering parasitoid lifestyles that can be found within this most diverse of insect groups.

Seirian's book , Endless Forms, can be found here: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/endless-forms-the-secret-world-of-wasps-seirian-sumner

Show Notes

Are wasps the anti-bee? Malicious, stripey villains who exist to make our lives worse? Unsurprisingly: no.  Tom is joined by Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at University College London and author of 'Endless Forms', who has made it her mission to repair the reputation of the wasp, and share what makes the Apocrita both interesting and vital.
Join us to discover the imporance of wasps, as well as the architecture, social structures and eye-watering parasitoid lifestyles that can be found within this most diverse of insect groups.

Seirian's book , Endless Forms, can be found here: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/endless-forms-the-secret-world-of-wasps-seirian-sumner