Episode 11 with Tyler Beltran: Locusts

Join Stevie Foxette and Tyler Beltran as they chat locusts, serotonin, campfire cooking, bear training, mosquitos, and the reasoning behind kosher.

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Shoutouts:

• Enegren Nighthawk: http://www.enegrenbrewing.com/

• Christopher Ryan (who’s appearance on JRE inspired this episode): https://chrisryanphd.com/vanthropology/

• Weta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta

• Anti-Locust Research Centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Locust_Research_Centre

• 2019 Las Vegas grasshopper swarm: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/grasshoppers-vegas.html

Sources:

• Anstey, M.L., S.M. Rogers, S.R. Ott, M. Burrows, & S.J. Simpson. (2009). Serotonin mediates behavioral gregarization underlying swarm formation in desert locusts. Science 323(5914): 627-630. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/323/5914/627

• Capinera, J.L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science & Business Media. https://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC&pg=PA118#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2003). FAO issues desert locust alert. http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2003/24019-en.html

• Harmon, K. (2009, January). When grasshoppers go biblical: serotonin causes locusts to swarm. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-grasshoppers-go-bibl/

• Lockwood, J.A. (2009). Locust: the Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier. Basic Books. https://books.google.com/books?id=swJWsR5CFu0C&pg=PR5#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Rogers, S.M., T. Matheson, E. Despland, T. Dodgson, M. Burrows & S.J. Simpson. (2003). Mechanosensory-induced behavioural gregarization in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 3991-4002. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324054906/http://clone.concordia.ca/locust/emma/rogersetal03.pdf

• Ryckman, L.L. (2000). The Great Locust Mystery. Colorado Millennium 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20070228084636/http://www.denver-rmn.com/millennium/0622mile.shtml

• Simpson, S.J. & G.A. Sword. (2008). Locusts. Current Biology 18(9): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)00175-9?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982208001759%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

• Wikipedia contributors. (2019, November 4). Locust. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:13, November 11, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Locust&oldid=924525300