3-Minute Insect Essential #37 from the INSECT NEWS NETWORK

GLADIATOR BUGS: How they Like to Fight (INN #37). This is Cultural Entomology at its best! To hear the full broadcast, visit www.insectnewsnetwork.com and type in number 26 - that's pound 26 - in the search bar. And be sure to Join the Insect Tribe! Sign up for our newsletter, the Periodical Buzz. What do Russell Crowe, Muhammad Ali and the Chinese Tang Dynasty have in common?

Well - a few things. First of all, by all accounts they love to fight.

Second, they have all been featured in major motion pictures over the past few years.

Third, they all have a thematic connection to bugs - especially bugs that like to fight.

And that's the theme of today's INN - Gladiator Instincts.