Ep. 365 - Fireflies & Plants
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Fireflies are among the most celebrated organisms on Earth. What is not to love about their incredible light displays? However, fireflies can't exist without habitat and plants are that habitat. Join Dr. Sara Lewis and me as we discuss some of the intriguing connections between fireflies and plants. This episode was produced in part by Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defense of Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.6 | Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone |
| 0:08.7 | doing this week? I am doing great because tonight we're talking about some of my favorite |
| 0:13.4 | non-plant organisms, the fireflies or lightning bugs or whatever you call those little beetles |
| 0:18.6 | that have wonderful fleshy lights at the tip of their |
| 0:21.8 | abdomen. |
| 0:22.9 | Now, I know this is a plant podcast, and don't worry, you're going to find out the connection |
| 0:26.5 | as we discuss this amazing topic with my guest today. |
| 0:30.7 | Joining us is Dr. Sarah Lewis, who has dedicated her career to understanding these organisms |
| 0:35.6 | and what needs to be done to ensure that we can |
| 0:38.0 | continue to enjoy their light displays well into the future. The connections with plants aren't |
| 0:43.7 | always obvious and some of them are in desperate need of more study, but I'm going to let her |
| 0:47.8 | tell you all about that. So let's just jump right into it without further ado. Here's my conversation |
| 0:52.9 | with Dr. Sarah Lewis. |
| 0:55.0 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:12.9 | All right, Dr. Sarah Lewis, it is so exciting to have you on the podcast. |
| 1:17.1 | I can't wait to pick your brain, but how about we start off with an introduction? |
| 1:20.4 | Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:21.6 | Sure. |
| 1:26.6 | So first let me say, Matt, thank you so much for having me on In Defense of Plants. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm very excited about this. |
| 1:29.8 | And who am I? |
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