What Do Mosquitoes Do In Winter?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

Vermont Public

Kids & Family, Language, Nature, Science

4.3 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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This episode is all about bugs! We've gotten a lot of questions from you about insects and other critters. So we're tackling them with the help of Jessica Honaker and Kristie Reddick, otherwise known as the Bug Chicks.

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0:00.0	This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids.
0:27.5	I'm Jane Lindholm.
0:29.1	Each episode we tackle a question or questions from curious kids around the world.
0:34.7	And we get help from some interesting and knowledgeable people who can offer answers.
0:40.3	This week we're listening back to one of our favorite episodes, diving into the wonderful
0:45.1	world of insects.
0:47.6	To help us out this time, we reached out to two women based in Portland, Oregon, who live
0:53.7	for bugs.
0:56.0	My name is Jess Haniker and I am one of the bug chicks.
1:00.8	And my name is Kristi Reddick and I am also one of the bug chicks.
1:04.2	We're two wild and crazy gals who love bugs.
1:08.2	Jess and Kristi are entomologists.
1:10.7	Those are people who study insects.
1:13.1	Jess and Kristi go around the U.S. and beyond teaching kids and adults all about the wonderful
1:17.7	world of bugs and trying to convince bug skeptics that you shouldn't hate or fear them.
1:23.9	You should learn all about the amazing things they do instead.
1:27.8	So we thought the bug chicks would be the perfect pair to pose your entomological questions
1:32.6	too.
1:33.6	Our first question comes from Lila.
1:36.3	What in the mosquito is doing the winter?
1:39.7	Oh my goodness Lila, that is a fantastic question.
1:44.1	So Lila, this is Kristi and I'm going to answer some of that question for you.
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