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Nels and Vincent discuss how stinkbug females use fungus to protect their eggs from wasp parasitism.

Nels and Vincent explain how stinkbug females smear fungus on their eggs to protect them from wasp parasitism. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs (Science) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – Meet the Olympic superstar who trains under the radar in Utah Vincent – The Discovery That Changed the Universe Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv

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Hosts: Nels Elde, Vincent Racaniello

Topics covered

• stinkbugs
• fungus
• parasitism
• insect behavior
• symbiosis

Keywords

• stinkbug
• fungus
• eggs
• wasp
• parasitism
• symbiosis
• insects

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Organizations: MicrobeTV

Books & works: Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs

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