Finding New Aquatic Insects & Fighting Pollution
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Did you know that describing new species of aquatic insects, like stoneflies, can help monitor freshwater pollution levels? I didn't. But I spent a few days with some researchers learning about their work and how the entomology has an extraordinary mix of basic (describing new species) and applied (monitoring pollution levels) research goals.
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I love that you are using your channel to highlight these researchers work.
Was just going to put the same comment, but I'm only glad to see others hold the same sentiment.
Great channel, great content, always presented excellently. You guys deserve more credit, or at least more traffic, but I know that's just a symptom of having integrity with your content.
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It's always cool to see true experts who can immediately point to something and say, "that's a new species". Also, WOW, 40 years of water quality?! That is great work. And finally, fantastic way to add funding to your lab!!
Great video, I certainly wasn't aware that there are still so many new species of Plecoptera being described in the US. I thought as important indicator species they should be one of the groups researched quite early in industrial nations.
You are doing Earth's work here!
Each time I watch one of your videos
I feel more and more compelled to studying entomology! I've always been fascinated with insects and they are the unsung heros of our environment and biodiversity!
man i’m such a sucker for stoneflies, so this is VERY exciting to me! i encountered a giant stonefly the other year in a parking lot, me and my family ended up keeping it in the car the whole way to the nearest lake. little fella just crawled on our hands for a good while before it decided to fly away :]
aquatic insects are so fascinating! i love going to the creek near my house to find all the crazy little guys hiding under rocks
It's always a joy when you think "I should subscribe to this channel" and you realise that you already have.
I wish I knew who was doing this in Oregon! I would love to volunteer to collect bugs to be identified. Collecting bugs for science sounds amazing
I have an eclectic array of CZcams channels, and this is the coolest and my favorite! Make more vids :)
This is some cool science. Someone showing you a wall of bottles with insect bits and saying, "This is how we track the water quality in North Carolina." And instead of it being your spooky neighbor in Montana, it is totally legitimate real world applied biology.
This is absolutely great ! Insects are the most incredible species on earth ! Childhood dream job without a doubt ❤️❤️❤️
Absolute dream job right here! We did benthic invertebrate sampling pretty often between a few different courses in college, and I *loved* it. Nothing more fun than getting your waders on, finding critters, and IDing them!
I just wish many more people, the younger the better, could get involved in monitoring, studying and preservation.
Man i love this channel it has opened my and my friends eyes to a whole different world we had no idea that existed. We work with computers all day, so forget about nature lol. But love what you guys do. Send lots of love from middle of no where Kansas. XD
If only I knew 30 odd years ago while building dams and hunting craw-dads and minnows in a Piedmont creek could turn into a career. Another great video Ant Lab.
Thanks for the book recommendations. Hope to come across more.
True heroes, keep up the good work, and know that it is hugely appreciated, even if you may not know it! Kudos to all of them!
Thank you for helping to protect stream biodiversity ❤️
Those researchers had great personalities, obviously lovin what they do haha.
I would be interested to hear how the water quality has changed in the last 40 years. Also there’s a wonderful chapter in Tallamy’s the Nature of Oaks that highlights how planting oaks, and allowing leaf litter to remain under the trees creates a fantastic filtration system for streams. Would be fun to hear more about that. There really isn’t enough content featuring aquatic insects, I want more!! :)
This is an amazing video for an entomology class!
Bravo!! Great science work.
Oh! Those books look fantastic!
I do like how their river pollution graph is shelved bugs.
Beats a pie graph any day of the week.
Whoa, this was the premise for my SE project for my bachelor's but with mayflies instead of stoneflies
Really interesting research, we had learned about some of these field methods in Ecology Lab so it was pretty cool to see that they are actually used by entomologists. The best find of the day was that little Northern dusky salamander at 5:35 though, even if it does eat the study species.
3:00 lol just vibing with the stream
This is exactly what I want to do in my life... 🤩🤩🤩
Fascinating.
0:28 if I was stoned I would wanna hang out in a place like that too lol
Thanks for the video! Well done :-)
Are the imagos released into wildlife?
love your videos
Good finding !
Awesome video! I have a degree in entomology and still learn things watching these. I've been watching for years!
Make a video about long-horned-beetle flight, including the Harliquion Beelte.
They look like mini Dobson flies 😁 It amazes me that there are still insects waiting to be discovered. There might be one in my backyard right now 🤔
Thanks for your videos!
Amazing!
this is really cool
I wonder how many times if ever that I've encountered a new species of animal or insect without realizing it.
Great vidéo thank's
As a bonus on top of the naming bonus; they're getting paid to do that kind of interesting work. I'd pick that job any day of the week over sitting on a computer all day.
Great video, nice calm and informative.
I have a question though: How do you know something is a new species and not just a different variant of an already known species. I myself am into the posion dart frog world and there have been many shake-ups where species turned out to be just different colour morphs or vice versa. I assume it's even harder to determine wether insects are a new species because they reproduce faster and can have smaller habitats
They are comparing morphology to known species and pairing that with genetic work. The genetic distance between the known relative species can really make all the difference in "proving" a new species.
@@AntLab But no interbreeding to see if they produce fertile offpsring? I never got into the genetics side of biology, so I'll believe you if that's more than enough to prove something being a new species.
it sure doesn't make the video any less entertaining
wow, super interesting. i think i will read one of those books
great video
4:03 "Aquatic rearing units" or bug matrix?🎉
I have the book How insects work and I would definitely recommend it.
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I would love that job! If only... 🥰
What did the larvae feed on in the rearing setup?
Wonder there still have any fireflies or they fully gone extinct.
I'm curious, do you also keep a pet ant-colony at home?
Very interesting research and video but I think the connection to water pollution was not clear. How can they be protecting the water quality by documenting aquatic biodiversity?
5:30 - 3:36 is that baby salamander ? look like lizard to me
Damnn, this was really interesting. Though digging through the rivers doesnt interest me that much, everything else is amazing. I will definitly buy those 2 books. Sound really interesting.
If any of you could recommend me a few other books about insects which you found interesting, please tell me.
I would recommend Extraordinary insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Empire of Ants by Susanne Foitzik and Olaf Fritsche, Journey to the Ants by Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler. If you're looking for an insect book that is a little bit more bizarre then I would also recommend the book Phlight of the living dead by Matt Simon.
OH YEAH A NEW BUG VIDEO!
How are they actually protecting water quality? Like, does the government send more funds if the bug levels are down?
Sort of. Each species has a specific pollution tolerance level. If species start disappearing from places where they are known to have been, that's an indicator of potential increased pollution levels. This gets investigated and streams may end up reclassified or protected in different ways.
@@AntLab thank you! Appreciate the time and care :)
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Que guapo Steven 😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
maybe I missed it, but how do they help fight pollution?
Once they are identified and studied they can be associated with pollution tolerance levels, and then are able to be used to monitor changes in water pollution levels over time
@@AntLab : thanks so much for the reply but still a bit confused... is that like,,, if they start disappearing, we know we passed a certain pollution level? And is this actually easier than just monitoring pollution more directly?
I have one question, how do you know its a male or a female?
I would imagine you could sequence the environmental DNA and correlate that to water quality. Sampling should be easier and the whole work process would be much quicker.
I wonder if this is actually used to monitor water quality or if it is not feasible.
Super interesting video, btw. Thanks
Must get a job in entomology