# Arthro-Pod Episode 185: Introduction to Plant-Insect Interactions

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Podcast: [Arthro-Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/arthro-pod-7270083)
Published: 2025-09-02T21:20:49+00:00
Episode link: https://jonathanlarson.podbean.com/e/arthro-pod-episode-185-introduction-to-plant-insect-interactions/
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Duration seconds: 3521

## Resource

Howdy bug lovers! On today's episode, Jody and Jonathan talk about the green world and how insects have helped to form it. There's lot of discussion on plant and insect evolution and how an "evolutionary arms race" has heled to create the world as we know it. If you would like to read along with some of the papers referenced in the episode, here are some links that should provide free access. Ehrlich & Raven https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1964.tb01674.x Fraenkel https://2024.sci-hub.se/2234/108528be68834a7f1f6fd29ea6081f2a/fraenkel1959.pdf Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Older episodes can be accessed through Archive.org.

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