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The Insect Singers

The Essay

Five Essays fill the airwaves with chirps, trills, xits, tsips and rattles as we take a cultural dive into the high songs of love and loneliness in the insect world.

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04/05/2026

Mon 4 May 202621:45 
BBC Radio 3

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