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Smologies #16: INSECTS with Lila Higgins

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The White Goo That Comes Out of Bugs When You Squish Them

Eric Martin wants to know what the white goo is that comes out of a bug when you squish them. "I can only imagine, you know, when a dragonfly, sorry, a hummingbird comes like right behind your head," he says. If it's a lot of yellow, that's usually the fat body of a female insect and probably got all this stuff ready for her eggs.

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