In my Gum trees I have a good colony of Aussie Silk Moths, aka gum emperor moth caterpillars – they live and feed on gum ...

Ruud Kleinpaste discusses mosquitos - their breeding habits, role in the ecosystem, and the species we have in New Zealand.

On The Garden Hour with Pete Wolfkamp and Ruud Kleinpaste Full Show Podcast for December 14 2025, Ruud discusses how to get rid of Mealybugs, how to control Montbretia, and how to deal with bronze ...

If you think you've had a hard day at work, imagining wearing a long beard composed entirely of killer bees. "A full seven pounds," says Ruud Kleinpaste, a New Zealand entomologist, writer, educator ...

Travelling in the Amazon is not easy. If the climate and terrain don't get you, the bugs will. But for Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste it's all worth it because he's on a mission: to meet with a remote ...

Buggin' with Ruud is a television show of 13 x 60min episodes that follow the adventures of Dutch-New Zealander Ruud Kleinpaste, an entomologist. The series was made by a small team in New Zealand at ...

Pollination, then, is the way in which the pollen grains are delivered to the stigma and style. About 20 per cent of plants rely on wind and water to do that job and some 80 per cent of all plant ...

Two other Animal Planet shows, airing Wednesdays at 8 and 9 p.m., also spotlight the habits and habitat of those in the wild. "Buggin' With Ruud" features entomologist Ruud Kleinpaste, tracking the ...