INSECT THAT’S SENSITIVE TO SCENTS (MOUNTAIN ASH EUCALYPTUS)

G’day and welcome to the penultimate installation of our Spring ‘21 collection wherein we of course are covering the famous Australian giant, the mountain-ash eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans).  The tallest growing angiosperm in the world, and a tree that can fight off nearly everything, this week we discuss the fabulous way eucalyptus trees use chemical defenses to ward off unwanted nibblers...and how some of those nibblers have used that to their advantage.

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Bob Beale

Additional Reading:

The mountain-ash eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans)
Interesting article on eucalyptus broadly