For our second podcast, invertebrate-fan Charlie talked with Paul Hetherington, Buglife’s Director of Fundraising and Communications.
They discussed why rapid declines in invertebrate populations should matter to all of us, the importance of brownfield sites and the concept of Important Insect Areas, B-Lines and corridors, the ‘bug splatter app’, and whether the Horrid Ground-weaver should be renamed the ‘Really Cute Money Spider’ (it shouldn’t)! They began, though, where few conversations ever start in Charlie’s experience - with cow pats and dung beetles…
You can tune in now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or just hit the play button above to listen here.
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