{"podcast":{"title":"Bugs Need Heroes","slug":"bugs-need-heroes-5562045","podcast_index_feed_id":5562045,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bugsneedheroes/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bugsneedheroes.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14549462/2000_fm78av.jpg","author":"BugsNeedHeroes","episode_count":106,"summary":"Each episode an artist and an ecologist team-up to discuss small creatures and create a bug-themed character. Check out the character artwork at BugsNeedHeroes.com or https://instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/ Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman. Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman. Character artwork by Amanda Niday. Music is ”Ladybug Castle” by Rolemusic.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T08:18:14.764557+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045"},"episode":{"title":"The Admiral's Insect (TREE LOBSTERS)","slug":"the-admiral-s-insect-tree-lobsters","published_at":"2026-01-26T05:07:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/the-admiral-s-insect-tree-lobsters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045","url":"https://bugsneedheroes.podbean.com/e/the-admirals-insect-tree-lobsters/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8bkkm3b358df2tu9/Lord_Howeah81l.mp3","summary":"This week Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss the Lord Howe Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis). This species was presumed extinct until a small extant population was found and efforts from captive breeding programs in zoos brought them back. It's not quite Jurassic Park but we like it. Tangents include carnivorous deer, ecological niches, and hit musicals.Bug discussion begins around 12:00 Send us questions and suggestions! BugsNeedHeroes@gmail.com Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/ Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bugsneedheroes Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BugsNeedHeroes Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman with editing by Derek Conrad and Camazotz. Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman. Character artwork by Amanda Niday. Music is Ladybug Castle by Rolemusic. Special thanks to Kevin Weiner for sharing his photography and creating the All Bugs Go To Kevin group.","meta_description":"This week Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss the Lord Howe Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis). This species was presumed extinct until a small extant populat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4556,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/episodes/the-admiral-s-insect-tree-lobsters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/the-admiral-s-insect-tree-lobsters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}