3-Minute Insect Essential #39 from the INSECT NEWS NETWORK

THE DIGITAL BUG: Exploding Drones, M&Ms in the Honey, Common Maps and The Hoes Down Harvest Festival (INN #39). This is Cultural Entomology at its best! To hear the full broadcast, visit www.insectnewsnetwork.com and type in number 39 - that's pound 39 - in the search bar. And be sure to Join the Insect Tribe!

Sign up for our newsletter, the Periodical Buzz. Today's Top 5 Hexapod Headliners come from around the Net: M&M dyes in French honey, sculpture made by underground ant colonies. The fun and fascinating continues with growing the Facebook community on All Things Bugs. Check out the Exploding Bee Drones and the remarkable Common Map butterfly.

I also play some of the footage from the great family festival in Guinda, CA: The Hoes Down Harvest Festival. Bug-o-philes of all ages talk to me about our 6-legged friends. I get to show off a tobacco hornworm caterpillar and hear a one 8-year-old wrangles black widows.

The month of October is dedicated to the music of the rock trio Rush, one of my influential favorites, whose tour logo features a BumbleBee inside geometric shapes.