39. RHODESIDE ATTRACTIONS: The Big Blue Bug

Weird Island

The star of this week’s episode is a 58 foot long, 9 foot tall, 4,000 pound termite named Nibbles Woodaway. But you might know him better as the Big Blue Bug.

Episode Source Material:

• Big Blue Bug
• Get To Know Us | The Big Blue Bug Of RI, MA & CT
• World's Largest Bug, Providence, Rhode Island
• Creator of RI's Big Blue Bug dies
• The Big Blue Bug in Providence is broken. What might happen next
• Big Blue Bug gets lit for 29th year
• Nibbles Woodaway and Lou Ferrigno join forces to benefit the RI Chapter of the ALS Association
• Nibbles Woodaway
• https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2017/06/20/graffiti-suspect-turns-himself-in-ordered-to-have-no-contact-with-big-blue-bug/20487696007/
• About Big Blue Bug Solutions | Pest Control In RI, MA And CT
• Big Blue Bug Solutions
• https://newspaperarchive.com/cedar-rapids-gazette-may-27-2001-p-45/
• https://newspaperarchive.com/nashua-telegraph-may-26-2001-p-11/
• https://newspaperarchive.com/independence-examiner-aug-05-1989-p-27/
• Reticulitermes flavipes
• Termite
• “World's biggest” roadside attractions: a history of “world's largest” tourist traps.
• Roadside Attractions Lesson Plan from the National Register of Historic Places
• Lucy the Elephant
• An Introduction to Eusociality | Learn Science at Scitable
• Roadside attraction
• 10 of the Biggest Bugs in the World
• Rhode Island Looks Up To a Two-Ton Termite