3-Minute Insect Essential #19 from the INSECT NEWS NETWORK

CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACT ON THE MICROCOSM – INN #19. To hear the full show, visit www.insectnewsnetwork.com and type in the number 19 - that's pound 19 in the search bar.

One of the most iconic moments in cinematic history was the opening to Stanly Kubricks's classic 2001. Space Odyssey. The classic moment when the proto-hominid stands before the obelisk clutches a bone in its hand held high and delivers a crushing blow to the skull on the ground.

In one deft moment of creative genius Stanley Kubrick, Richard Strauss, Arthur C Clark - all of them bound by the philosophical constructs of Frederich Neitze. Also Sprach Zarathustra was Nietzche masterpiece and profiled his idea of the Uberman - the prototype superhuman.
This quote is existential and insightful and a big influence for the theme of today's INN. I explore the human role on the planet, specifically amidst the massive climate change and our continual impact on the environment. Of course I look at it all through the lens of Cultural Entomology so I talk about how the bugs are giving us clear signs and signals - a report card if you like - on how faithful we remain to the Earth.

I also look at psychedelic moths, and GIANT SPIDERS webs, with thousands of spiders living side by side in peace and harmony. the role of insects in early space explorations (the first animal in outer space were fruit flies sent up an American rocket)