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I interview wildlife campaigner Richard Dowling (@DowlingWildlife on Twitter) about artificial grass. In this episode we talk about what the problems are with it, what the best low-maintenance plants are for your lawn as alternatives to grass, what to do if your landlord won't let you get rid of an artificial lawn and more!
With a promo for Crime Most French @CrimeMostFrench :)
Music by Debra Torrance.
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I walk around a nature reserve near my house and look for ladybirds. Apologies in advance for the poor sound quality, I didn't really edit this and recorded it on a phone :)
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For episode 50, I interviewed Professor Helen Roy who manages the UK Ladybird Survey. She is the author of several books including the Field Guide to the Ladybirds of the UK and Ireland and one of the most well-known ladybird experts in the world. She's also president of the Royal Entomological Society!
Find out more here: https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/helen-roy or follow her on Twitter @UKLadybirds
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All about the cream-spot ladybird. Does include a discussion of reproduction with some mildly strong language so take care while listening!
Featuring a promo for the Wild Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wild-episode/id1364093026
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Sources:
Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland - Helen Roy
Ladybirds of UK FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955 for more on cream-spot behaviour
https://bugguide.net/node/view/26792 - Polymorphic cream-spot ladybirds in the USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvia_Crispinilla
For distribution in Channel Islands see irecord data on channel islands and Calvia quatuordecimguttata (www.irecord.org.uk)
https://www.pherobase.com/database/species/species-Calvia-quatuordecimguttata.php
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/88/6/785/162813?login=true (Also shows that lower temperatures = bigger ladybirds).
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/42503173/Chemical_protection_of_Calvia_quatuordec20160209-30509-1qhtj4f-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1650412784&Signature=AYhihYlKN4Dp5AUA51bV17b80GZ-6oyl0UzQYEjAt59NZy1tXE~Ax-Ocy-PZlC2pBKsJAXQkJn47250qu~qbjVl7XXYSGbRRm5IOEmh-b~SXa29wloRF-6xZcDqiihynzmb8nxdHM78mnJQSF~kTbsaiCQyps5HpYabJnrCTSf9mVJLX3vMeztRE~PwxWGcCoJDHQtv-ylcJEVCZOwpTVhvyNfy7CwQhXuPuMra0Bu03oFt0G86Z0E91LKRXgfaEEezYI52b29ruVTS9ulzHo0E5sFNGhuUFsisUaS9gpfixK1YT3A0yzqwj45PIT2RdXeI-hVsw84wPFq7WDa9McA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA - Alexandra Magro's study, 2007
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333761329_Niche_width_and_niche_specialization_in_four_species_of_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_co-occurring_in_the_same_habitat - Polish study of 4 different ladybirds
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33024/ - Investigating ladybird alkaloids as new leads for novel insecticides
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jeb.13074
https://doc.rero.ch/record/316061/files/10526_2012_Article_9470.pdf
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/icad.12158
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00769.x - Sexually transmitted mites info
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513378/1/N513378PP.pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-016-1077-6
http://earaza.ru/wp-content/uploads/20210505_zoo_eco_issues.pdf#page=177 - Russian study comparing clutch sizes on apples and pears
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Francois-Godeau/publication/269100775_Identification_of_prey_items_in_frass_of_three_ladybird_beetles_living_on_black_alder/links/548051bc0cf2ccc7f8bb98f2/Identification-of-prey-items-in-frass-of-three-ladybird-beetles-living-on-black-alder.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040402010001651 - Piperidines info
I interview Mark Welfare from the Northeast Ladybird Spot, and Juliet Wilson and Per Smiseth from Cemetery Wildlife Watch about ladybirds in cemeteries. Around 35 minutes in, the zoom recording cut out, so apologies if it goes a bit weird around then!
Visit Juliet's Etsy shop: https://craftygreenpoet.etsy.com
Cemetery Wildlife Watch: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257026872679440
UK Hoverflies facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/609272232450940
Ladybirds of UK facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955
Find out more about the North East Ladybird Spot here: https://twitter.com/NEE_Naturalist
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Find out about a little-known South African ladybird. Please note that the 'meandering black line' description was not mine but was said by one of the commenters on the posts I looked at for this episode.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107697606 https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/699558/cheilomenes-bidentata-on-senecio-rigidus https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/333066/lipstick-ladybeetle https://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Newsletter%20Library/SANSA%20News,%20No%2026,%20June-August%202016.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76922377
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Have you ever wondered about ladybirds in Ukraine? Find out all about ladybirds in Ukrainian culture, how many types of ladybirds there are in Ukraine and more.
Help Ukraine:
Disasters Emergency Committee - https://www.dec.org.uk/
Ukrainian Institute - https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/russias-war-against-ukraine-what-can-you-do-to-support-ukraine-ukrainians/
Meduza.io podcasts:
Meduza.io - https://meduza.io/
https://meduza.io/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda - The Naked Pravda on Meduza
https://meduza.io/podcasts/meduza-v-kurse - что случилось
Ladybirds in Ukraine information
https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/e/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b2-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b4/ - Ukrainian Google translation of this episode
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0 - Ukrainian wikipedia article on ladybirds
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0) - Wikipedia page about Ukrainian nursery rhymes and folk tales about ladybirds
https://redbook-ua.org/ - Red Book of Ukraine about endangered species
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ladybird-beetles-of-ukraine - Ladybirds of Ukraine - Inaturalist project
Alexander Slutsky's photo page in Kharkiv, Ukraine: http://www.alsphotopage.com/about/index
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-can-inaturalist-community-do-for-our-fellow-naturalists-in-ukraine/29937 - Information about endemic species in Ukraine
https://twitter.com/UK_CEH/status/1498622347959586817 - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology statement on Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/06/whats-the-environmental-impact-of-modern-war -
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306312715603249 - Leaf bugs near the Chernobyl site
http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/search.php?search=adv&SearchContent=WebSearchName&SearchType=begins&txt_Search=&accepted=accepted&rankm=%3E%3D&rank=220&belongs=Coccinellidae+%7C+Family&list=0&listareas=2196&listareastatus=1&btn_SearchAdv=Search
http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/search.php?search=adv&SearchContent=WebSearchName&SearchType=begins&txt_Search=&accepted=accepted&rankm=%3E%3D&rank=220&belongs=Coccinellidae+%7C+Family&list=0&listareas=2196&listareastatus=8&btn_SearchAdv=Search - Pesi portal results
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/taxonomy?country=UA&taxon_key=7782&occurrence_status=present - Numbers of different ladybirds recorded in Ukraine with Harlequins recorded 715 times, 7-spots 516 times and 22-spots 92 times.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322138730_Notes_on_three_morphs_of_Bulaea_lichatschovii_Hummel_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_from_Northern_Pakistan
Ladybirds attack the beaches of Odessa and Kharkiv - https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/bozhi-korovki-atakuyut-plyazhi-mariupolya-i-odessy-prichiny-opasno-li-eto-foto-video-50170931.html
https://newsfounded.com/ukraineeng/in-southern-ukraine-millions-of-dead-ladybirds/
https://www.facebook.com/hrabro.odessa/posts/1676788112531736
Ukraine's ladybug fan breaks her own world record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToOfxAigpc
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-collection-of-ladybirds
Thanks to @cabbageleek on twitter and matthewvosper on inaturalist plus everyone who helped me find the right information.
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Learn about a ladybird that is one of the world's worst pests of soybeans.
Podcast recommendation - Gardeners of the Galaxy (@orbitalgardens on Twitter)
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Photo by Stephen Ausmus, 21st March 2006 for Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epilachna_varivestis_(cropped).jpg
Sources:
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19620501187
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/bean/mexican_bean_beetle.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0098847288900469
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09583157.2013.809404
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925857419303842
Despite what it says in the intro this is episode 44. I talk to spider advocate Tea Francis about the relationship between ladybirds and spiders. We talk about the rare and beautiful Ladybird Spider, what spiders do with ladybirds in their webs, spiders which eat aphids, how to start keeping invertebrates and more!
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Steve Allain talks me through the changes to protection of endangered species and possible threats to their survival from proposed government legislation and changes to their status. Please note it says 'episode 44' in the intro because it's being released slightly out of order...
Record sightings with the irecord app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.irecord
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/02/red-squirrels-and-pine-martens-could-lose-protection-in-uk-review-say-experts
Info about the changes from the ARG: https://www.arguk.org/get-involved/news/7th-quinquennial-review-qqr-of-schedules-5-and-8-of-the-wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-a-summary-by-arg-uk
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This week's episode is all about the twice-stabbed ladybug. Found in North America, this ladybird has interesting genetics and a weird lifestyle. Plus, hear an update with new information about the kidney spot!
Podcast recommendation - The Wild Episode with Brian Ruckley. Follow https://twitter.com/WildEpisode or www.wildepisode.com :)
Sources:
Picture used in show notes by Parihav at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Picture can be found here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twicestabbed1.jpg
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/6/368 - Rigorous Morphological Studies Confirm That the Classical Object of Pest Control Chilocorus kuwanae Is the Same Species as Ch. renipustulatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
https://biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/predators/Chilocoruss.php
https://www.scielo.br/j/gmb/a/dhbZYvwxrYCKKhnK3SmHJTs/abstract/?lang=en - Information on the XY chromosomes
https://www.nature.com/articles/1931210a0 - Polymorphic chromosomes
https://bugguide.net/node/view/817339 - Another similar ladybird :)
https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_wo37/18_mayer_wo37.pdf - Chilocorus stigma and beech scale
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-16_twicestabbed_ladybug.htm
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16334330/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VGQiB01pBeIC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=chilocorus+stigma+mussel+scale&source=bl&ots=XrXmUpe-Se&sig=ACfU3U02pJOEFxUgGz5r2UaebZWKk5m6UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvhJXfve_xAhVNSsAKHR_SC1QQ6AEwCXoECAcQAw#v=onepage&q=chilocorus%20stigma%20mussel%20scale&f=false - Chapter from Ivo Hodek's book with info on low survival rates on Mussel Scale.
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Find out about a ladybird with square spots that can be said to resemble a clown face, a football, an emoji, an anchor and more!
This week's podcast recommendation is @PodcastSpecies - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8zYTg2YzFmMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==
Talk Ag To Me episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ladybird-lady-talk-ag-to-me-ft-rachael-from-hidden/id1481265957?i=1000528087613
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Arabic transcription of Episode 36 (Ladybirds in Palestine) now on Opinya Times! https://www.opinyatimes.com/%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a9-%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%81%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b7%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a5%d8%b9%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%85/?fbclid=IwAR0uqJdG1Bw7h-xv_HmL8zk3CWt4kSF1_DbvlH-xwHnnyC-xpBiUtJSlFFY
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/technology/propylaeum
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/propylea - More info on diet and lifestyle :)
https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2005/03/17.pdf - Life expectancy and fertility with 6 species of aphid
https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2008/03/09.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/download/39067810/final_Phototactic_Effects_of_Light_Emitting_Diodes_LEDs.pdf
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I talk to paranormal investigator CJ Romer about his memories of 1976, the year when 23 billion ladybirds invaded the UK. We have a fun conversation about his recollection of the ladybird invasion, the sensationalism of the media, how to communicate with a ghostly ladybird and more!
You can read more about CJ's work at ASSAP, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena here: http://www.assap.ac.uk/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35603972#:~:text=The%20hot%20summer%20of%201976,reporting%20being%20bitten%20by%20them.&text=The%20British%20Entomological%20and%20Natural,of%20England%20by%20late%20July.
You might have heard about the ladybird invasion of 1976. In Part 1 of this special 2-part episode, I talk about what happened in that famous year and talk about possible scientific explanations of what might have happened, as well as the impact on the society and community.
Podcast recommendation this week is Ungagged! Please check out our film club discussion here: http://leftungagged.org/2021/06/28/film-club-pride-2014/
Sources:
Newspaper articles from the Mirror, the Birkenhead News, the Sun and other local and national newspapers, kindly uploaded by Christian Jensen Romer.
https://www.countryfile.com/countryfile/great-drought-of-1976-what-happened-and-what-was-the-impact-on-britain/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/17/water.ethicalliving
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/do-you-remember-ladybird-plague-1976-why-britains-latest-heatwave-hasnt-caused-another-plague-45908
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35603972
https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/219043/re-ladybird-swarm-1976.html
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/ladybird-invasion-swarms-uk-population-explosion-season-181142
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0006320778900022
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2017/research/1976-drought-butterflies-moths/#:~:text=Scientists%20at%20the%20University%20of,swarming%20in%20search%20of%20food.
http://lostladybug.org/file_uploads/WashupEntAmericana.pdf
https://eje.cz/pdfs/eje/1993/04/04.pdf - Ivo Hodek's study
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082278
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan-Minchin/publication/274475587_A_swarm_of_the_seven-spot_ladybird_Coccinella_septempunctata_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_carried_on_a_cruise_ship/links/595caa7eaca272f3c08f510e/A-swarm-of-the-seven-spot-ladybird-Coccinella-septempunctata-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-carried-on-a-cruise-ship.pdf - Hibernating 7-spots on a Moroccan cruise ship :)
http://la.climatologie.free.fr/secheresse/drought-heat_wave1.htm - Drought in France
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/les-coccinelles-envahissent-le-littoral-larmor-plage-27639
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002017907790035X
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Discover the world of the 6-spotted zigzag ladybird, a commonly found ladybird in India and the Pacific.
Picture used on the episode artwork by Renju from Kerala, India (user: Renjusplace on wikipedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheilomenes_sexmaculata,_ladybird_10.jpg
Sources:
http://indianladybirds.myspecies.info/gallery
https://www.angelfire.com/bug2/j_poorani/
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429061400-14/coccinellidae-indian-subcontinent-poorani
https://foodandscientificreports.com/assets/uploads/issues/1585768721six_spotted_zigzag_ladybird_beetle.pdf
https://jpp.um.ac.ir/article/view/50296/article_36723.html?lang=en
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1409806002
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c16/014a12c1ca2f652f3f522bf7cd9481081204.pdf
https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2016/vol4issue5/PartH/4-5-41-780.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/14764698/Cheilomenes_Sexmaculata_The_Six_Spotted_Zigzag_Ladybird_Beetle
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317257411_Protogyny_after_hibernation_and_aestivation_in_Cheilomenes_sexmaculata_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_in_central_Japan
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A deep dive into the relationships between ladybirds and ants. With a podcast recommendation for Just Plain Wrong - @plainwrongpod on Twitter.
My apologies for the muffled audio quality on this episode - in the first version it sounded very uneven.
Sources:
https://billsbirding.blogspot.com/2014/06/scarce-7-spot-ladybird.html
Evolutionary Perspectives on Myrmecophily in Ladybirds: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2012/591570/
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/110769/globe_marked_lady_beetles_azya_orbigera.html - Globe Marked ladybeetles
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/project/645756/indigenous-ladybird-species-distribution-in-south-africa-coccinellidae/observations - Photo of the blue-eyed ant munching lady beetle
Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland
Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331072095_High_parasitization_of_a_rare_ladybird_Platynaspis_luteorubra_-_a_reason_of_its_rarity - High parasitisation of Platynaspis luteorubra
A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles by Michael Majerus et al
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40863799
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-008-9163-y
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/ants/black-garden-ant
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/ants/yellow-meadow-ant
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/ants/Myrmica_ruba.htm
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4221364?seq=1 - Waxy coatings on Scymnus ladybirds.
https://thecreative.cafe/the-fable-of-the-ant-and-the-ladybug-31115946df22?gi=a382b2df1244#:~:text=The%20Fable%20of%20the%20Ant%20and%20the%20Ladybug.,at%20all.%20In%20fact%2C%20it%20was%20a%20ladybug%21 - The fable of the ant and the ladybug
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/large-blue/id1334821500?i=1000519771414 - Species Podcast episode on the Large Blue butterfly
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In 2019 Mohammad Najajrah and Mazin Qumsiyeh from the Palestine Museum of Natural History, at the University of Bethlehem, carried out the first ever study of ladybirds in the West Bank. They found 35 species. In this episode, I talked to them about their work, how the Israeli occupation is affecting nature and the environment in Palestine, how ladybirds are viewed in Palestinian culture and more.
You can read the study here: https://www.palestinenature.org/fr/research/Najajrahet-al-2019.pdf
https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol23-1/an-environmental-nakba-the-palestinian-environment-under-israeli-colonization/ - Mazin's article on the environmental effects of Israeli policies.
https://smujo.id/biodiv/article/view/3587 - Article about birds in Gaza by Abdel Fattah Abd Rabou.
https://www.dw.com/en/70-years-of-nakba-the-ongoing-struggle-of-palestinian-refugees/a-43798899 - More about the Nakba and interviews with survivors.
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Learn about a newly discovered ladybird from the Shirkuh mountain range in Iran, only confirmed as a new species in 2020.
Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of a ladybird's genitalia.
Listen to the UK Wildlife Podcast's latest episode here: http://www.uk-wildlife.co.uk/ep50-9-wildlife-podcasters-in-1-podcast/
Out for a walk podcast: https://www.outforawalk.uk/ or @outforawalkpod
Massive thank you to Mehdi Zare Khormizi for all the help he gave me on this episode. You can follow him on @ladybugs.ir.
Picture by Alexander Slutsky: http://www.alsphotopage.com/gallery/index/id/15304
You can view more of his pictures here: http://www.alsphotopage.com/gallery/index/id/6312/list/latestcom
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirkuh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd_Province
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/46390/ - Oenopia shirkuhensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Iran mimicking Adalia bipunctata.
https://researchoutreach.org/articles/scientists-join-dots-between-lady-beetles-iran/
https://bioone.org/journals/the-coleopterists-bulletin/volume-74/issue-1/0010-065X-74.1.161/Potential-M%c3%bcllerian-Mimicry-between-Adalia-bipunctata-Linnaeus-and-Oenopia-conglobata/10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.161.short#:~:text=Zakharov%20and%20Shaikevich%20provided%20molecular%20genetic%20evidence%20that,form%20fasciatopunctata%20occurs%20in%20Kazakhstan%2C%20Siberia%2C%20and%20Mongolia. - Unusual two-spots in the orchards.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehdi-Zare-Khormizi - Mehdi's research page.
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Learn about a metallic blue ladybird native to Australia.
Plus, coming up is the UK Wildlife Podcast's 50th episode - stay tuned for the link!
The picture is by user Raewyn on Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steelblue_Ladybird_(Halmus_chalybeus)_on_leaf.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37999014@N00/2945548428/
Sources:
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Steelblue-ladybird---Halmus-chalybeus.html#:~:text=It%20is%20found%20on%20trees,North%20of%20the%20South%20Island.
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/Browse.html
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ladybirds/Steelblue.htm
https://www.homestolove.com.au/good-bug-steelblue-ladybird-9821
https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/halmuChalybeus1.htm
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/european-greenfinch
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Helen Day who runs the website Ladybird Fly Away Home, dedicated to vintage Ladybird Books, talks to me about the history of the company, the artists involved, the topics covered, the most popular series and much more.
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Find out about the ladybird behind Ladybird Books - the 11-spot ladybird. With a promo for CritterCast podcast. Also please check out Ryan Dalton's Into the Wild :)
Correction: The two white dots are on the ladybird's head not the pronotum.
Sources:
Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
Helen Roy et al - Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Eleven-spotted-ladybird---Coccinella-undecimpunctata.html
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_undecimpunctata_eleven-spot_ladybird.htm
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03235400903024712
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1058.8087&rep=rep1&type=pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio-Soares-22/publication/234035763_Intraguild_predation_between_the_aphidophagous_ladybird_beetles_Harmonia_axyridis_and_Coccinella_undecimpunctata_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_The_role_of_body_weight/links/58c6731d92851c0ccbff533f/Intraguild-predation-between-the-aphidophagous-ladybird-beetles-Harmonia-axyridis-and-Coccinella-undecimpunctata-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-The-role-of-body-weight.pdf
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Learn about the tiny inconspicuous ladybird Scymnus interruptus!
With a recommendation for Grubbing in the Filth podcast. Take a look at @gtifpodcast on Twitter or wherever you get your podcasts.
Look out for CritterCast's episode next week! Check them out at @CastCritter on Twitter, https://crittercastpodcast.blubrry.net or wherever you get your podcasts.
Sources:
Field guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy et al.
https://www.andrewjewels.com/scymnus-interruptus
http://coleonet.de/coleo/texte/scymnus.htm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00333941
https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2002/nrs_2002_lu_001.pdf
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/eea.12691
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/39/4/1309/449517
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This week, learn about the Giant Bamboo Ladybird, one of the biggest ladybirds in the world - and some of the fiercest aphids in the world, living in South East Asian bamboo forests. With a promo for the RedHanded podcast.
Sources:
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrJS9S2J3ZgE2YAZjYM34lQ;_ylu=Y29sbwNpcjIEcG9zAzQEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1618384950/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.academia.edu%2f39496043%2fFunctional_Morphology_and_Defensive_Behavior_in_a_Social_Aphid/RK=2/RS=um7r39wXEt_TeHlG_Xa8Wy6zkcE-
http://www.zgswfz.com.cn/EN/abstract/abstract735.shtml
https://natureandlearn.com/13-star-golden-ladybird-beetle-synonycha-grandis-clear-education-insect-specimen/
https://www.angelfire.com/bug2/j_poorani/ladybirds.htm
https://esj-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1007/BF02763464
https://phys.org/news/2019-04-aphid-soldiers-sacrifice-colony-predators.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268629487_Observations_on_Pseudoregma_alexanderi_Homoptera_Pemphigidae_an_aphid_species_producing_pseudoscorpion-like_soldiers_on_bamboos
https://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-GXNB198801006.htm
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-14133-6_6
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/883B924FAAADE7E464B6D1901D243F2A/S1074070817000244a.pdf/economic_impact_of_the_sugarcane_aphid_outbreak_in_south_texas.pdf
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/chinas-appetite-bamboo-damaging-forests
A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles - Majerus et al
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22635107
Picture by user Yercaud-elango on wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beetle-17-yercaud-salem-India.JPG
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Discover a mysterious ladybird which feeds on leaf-beetle larvae, in this bonus episode for Hidden Wings and Bloodlust.
Sources:
Studies on leaf-beetles in Turkey:
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19931180571
https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19931180570
https://epilachna.flog.pl/wpis/11136128/coccinella-saucerottei - The only live photo of C saucerotti i could find :)
https://european-ladybirds.brc.ac.uk/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.leu&hl=en_GB≷=US
https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/chrysomela-tremula
https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/chrysomela-populi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomela_populi
https://zoogalaktika.ru/photos/red-data-book-region/red-data-book-privolzhskij/red-data-book-samara - Details of the Red Book of endangered species in Samara.
Picture from http://rrrcn.ru/kksam-bespozvonochnye/100 - Ministry of forestry, nature management and environmental protection in Samara, Russia
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Find out all about the 5-spot ladybird and its unusual habitat in Wales and Scotland. Thank you to Daryn Johnson for pronouncing the Welsh place-names!
Sources:
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_quinquepunctata_five-spot_ladybird.htm
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/een.12847 - Geographic variation in the habitat preference of a scarce predatory insect...by Sloggett et al
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/endangered-ladybird-found-only-wales-1827527.amp
http://www.llanellinaturalists.org.uk/index.php/newsletters/dragonflies-and-damselfies/238-carmarthenshire-ladybirds
Michael Majerus - A natural history of ladybird beetles
Field guide to ladybirds by Roy et al (2017).
https://www.alamy.com/five-spot-ladybird-fivespot-ladybird-5-spot-ladybird-coccinella-quinquepunctata-on-sand-image283979660.html - Alamy stock photo, contributor: blickwinkel
My podcast recommendation for this week is The Wildlife Garden Podcast - https://twitter.com/thewildgdn
See Debra's article on the Scottish midge conspiracy here: http://leftungagged.org/2021/03/23/the-biggest-scottish-conspiracy-theory-of-them-all/
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This show will tell you about how a ladybird is defined and how insects are categorised.
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/157423.htm - Article about Linnaeus and racism
https://twitter.com/UKWildlifePod/status/1371340383410589697 - UK Wildlife episode on ladybirds with Helen Roy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coccinellidae_genera
With a promo for Blood & Terf podcast.
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Rodney C Burris, a professional development coach and speaker based in Baltimore, tells me how a ladybird (or ladybug) changed his life and gave him a respect for all life. We have a fun conversation on topics such as why there's no such thing as a coincidence, pest control and more!
You can view Rodney's website here: https://rodneycburris.com/
This episode was edited by Greg Laceda of Laceda Podcast Productions: https://www.lacedapodcastproductions.com
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Hear about an incredible ladybird that lives in the Arctic!
Sources - A Natural History of the Ladybird Beetles by Michael Majerus
Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00305316.2020.1763871 - Review of the genus Hippodamia in the Palearctic region, 2020
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-8601-3_9 - Is the lifecycle of high arctic aphids adapted to climate change?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022191000001530 - Insects in hypoxia
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-1896-8_10 - Ecological and experimental exposure of insects to anoxia reveals surprising tolerance. From the book 'Anoxia' by William Wyatt Hoback et al.
https://top10nos.com/arctic-plants/
https://cityandgarden.com/plants-in-the-tundra/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160308-how-one-squirrel-manages-to-survive-being-frozen - Details about the ground squirrel, red bark beetle and wood frog.
https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hippodamia+arctica - Picture of the Hippodamia Arctica ladybird used for this episode.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/455668-Hippodamia-arctica - More pictures of the ladybirds.
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Find out the gory details of what diseases ladybirds can get, including male-killing bacteria, fungal infections and more! Plus learn why some of them can actually end up helping the ladybird!
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Podcasts I've listened to this week include the Bearded Tit's podcast by Jack Perks. https://twitter.com/TitBearded
Sources:
https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-443/#:~:text=TWiV%20443%3A%20On%20a%20leaf%2C%20no%20one%20can,she%20protects%20the%20cocoon%20until%20the%20adult%20emerges - TWiV 443 - On a leaf, no one can hear you scream.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6939-0_18 -Interactions between the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana and three species of coccinellid: Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Adalia bipunctata
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2402774 - Plant viruses and 7 spots
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2458/1/IGP.pdf - Beauveria bassiana and Harmonia axyridis
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Nalepa/publication/6612748_Infection_of_Harmonia_axyridis_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_by_Hesperomyces_virescens_Ascomycetes_Laboulbeniales_Role_of_mating_status_and_aggregation_behavior/links/5b7ec14b299bf1d5a71f61c1/Infection-of-Harmonia-axyridis-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-by-Hesperomyces-virescens-Ascomycetes-Laboulbeniales-Role-of-mating-status-and-aggregation-behavior.pdf - Harmonia axyridis and Laboulbeniales fungus.
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/77/2/229/498289 - Avoidance of a generalist entomopathogenic fungus by the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-011-9387-1 - Parasites and pathogens of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Michael Majerus 'A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles' - see Chapter 5, Ladybird Death.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0054218#:~:text=Ladybirds%20are%20a%20hot%2Dspot,invasion%20of%20male%2Dkilling%20bacteria.&text=DNA%20sequence%20analysis%20indicates%20that,occur%20within%20one%20beetle%20population. - Male-killing Wolbachia bacteria
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236921409_Invasive_Harlequin_Ladybird_Carries_Biological_Weapons_Against_Native_Competitors - Harlequin ladybirds and microsporidia
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-abstract/92/2/260/27916 - Inbreeding in the 14 spot ladybird
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/Z08-096?journalCode=cjz - Epilachna nylanderi and its strange digestive system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoMBSm8KkjI - Insect growth and development. See also discussions in the Ladybirds of UK facebook group.
All about what ladybirds do in winter. With a promo for the new book Histeridae, Sphaeritidae and Silphidae of Britain and Ireland, by Lane, Lucas and Whiffin. You can buy it here:
https://www.field-studies-council.org/shop/publications/histeridae-and-silphidae-atlas/?fbclid=IwAR30sBt7fFlCI7dpqEpy12Oj6EV4KrJeW_YTNt7xLefdYYygdcruCePb3BM
Field guide to the ladybirds of Britain and Ireland - Roy et al.
Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/3270_WATANABE2002.pdf - Information on Harlequin ladybirds.
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/34/2/432/461808 - Study on the 7-spots in Honshu
https://www.academia.edu/download/45639264/ceryngier_2015_ladybird_dormancy.pdf - Ecology of dormancy in ladybird beetles (2015) by Ceryngier.
Listener's questions are out! Find out why you might not be able to smell a ladybird, why ladybirds snuggle together in the winter, how they are affected by global warming and more.
With a promo for How to Enjoy Experimental Film with Daniel Adams, available on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.
Sources:
Overwintering harlequin ladybirds:
http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/3270_WATANABE2002.pdf
Ecology of dormancy in ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - Piotr Ceryngier (2015)
Ceratomegilla undecimnotata -
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir_Kostal/publication/283368646_Accumulation_of_high_concentrations_of_myo-inositol_in_the_overwintering_ladybird_beetle_Ceratomegilla_undecimnotata/links/5657f46108ae1ef9297bf57a.pdf -
Ladybirds, Naturalist's handbook. Correction: The study showing which ladybirds used up their fat reserves faster was Hariri, 1966 and not 1975.
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19810583127 - Overwintering of Aphidecta Obliterata in northeastern Scotland, WH Parry.
Hippodamia Arctica's reduction in range in the last 1000 years: https://www.jstor.org/stable/75635?seq=1
Information on 7-spots' behaviour: https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_septempunctata_seven-spot_ladybird.htm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0013873817090019
https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200801-0001_Why_is_Coccinella_septempunctata_so_successful_A_point-of-view.php?back=%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3Dexperimental%252520evidence%252520in%253Aauth%252520name%252520key%252520abstr%26sfrom%3D360%26spage%3D30
Mode of overwintering of invasive H axyridis in the Netherlands: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-011-9394-2
Toxicity of ladybirds - Orange, 2-spot and pine found to be the most poisonous https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11021
Another study on toxicity of ladybirds https://www.researchgate.net/profile/NM_Marples/publication/226922678_Toxicity_assays_of_ladybirds_using_natural_predators/links/5534dba40cf283a8f60be2e5/Toxicity-assays-of-ladybirds-using-natural-predators.pdf
Spotlight, Ladybirds by Richard Comont
Field guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Helen Roy et al.
I spoke to Charlotte, a horticulture student in Melbourne and former florist who tweets as @moltopopulare. We have a fun interview where we talk about gardening during Covid, the harlequin ladybird, dangerous spiders and more!
All about the Adonis Ladybird, plus a recommendation for the Hypatia's Lantern youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFfq5PlMGc8Wj72JyL_PA
Find out about its connection with the greek myths, and why they are known as 'the sports cars of the ladybird world'! (Richard Comont)
I do apologise for the poor quality of the audio in part of the episode.
Sources:
Richard Comont - Spotlight Ladybirds
Helen Roy et al - Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
http://ijnrs.damghaniau.ac.ir/article_664207.html - study on pesticides and the Adonis ladybird.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variabler_Flach-Marienk%C3%A4fer
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Hippodamia_variegata_adonis_ladybird.htm
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Hippodamia/hippodamia.html - Article about Hippodamia's legend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis - Adonis legend
Music by Debra Torrance.
All about the eyed ladybird, how to treat ladybirds at Christmas and more!
Plus a podcast recommendation for This Week In Virology.
Music by Debra Torrance. Image credited to user: Tados at Wikipedia and www.entomart.be
Hi everyone, I'm back with a new episode! Here's my episode with Paul Csomo from the Varmints podcast. Sorry for the poor audio at the start - I really hope you enjoy.
Find out all about the water ladybird, plus a shout out to the Lady Justice podcast.
Sources used in this episode: Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
Field guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy et al
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lady-justice-true-crime/id1482252045 https://ladyjusticepodcast.podbean.com/
Image taken from wikipedia by Gilles San Martin from Amur, Belgium. :)
In this special episode I'll be telling you what habitats in and around your house and garden support which species of ladybird.
I'll also be giving some suggestions on how to stay in touch with nature during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Music is by 22-pistepirkko and Debra Torrance.
Two months ago I interviewed Macken Murphy who runs the Species podcast. This is our conversation!
Hi everyone, welcome to part 2 of Ladybirds and Judaism.
This is my interview with Trisha Arlin, a Jewish liturgist and writer. You can find her work here:
https://triganza.blogspot.com
Buy her new book Place Yourself: Words of Prayer and Intention here: https://dimus.parrhesia.press/shop/tkhines-paraliturgical-prayers/place-yourself-word-of-prayer-intention-by-trisha-arlin-foreword-by-rabbi-jill-hammer-ph-d/
You can also support her on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/trishaarlin
Music at the start of the show is by Debra Torrance. Music at the end is Boardroom Walk by 22-pistepirkko.
Chag purim sameach to all my Jewish listeners, I'll try and bring out the new episode earlier next week, but may end up being later on in the week.
Find me on the usual social media channels: http://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust On twitter @hwabpodcast On instagram @365.ladybird You can follow me on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust
Find out about the association of Judaism with ladybirds. Music is by Debra Torrance and 22-Pistepirkko.
Sources used in this episode:
http://www.talmudology.com/jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2019/1/9/shechita-pain-and-stunning
https://forward.com/articles/5541/the-adorable-moses-cow/
https://pre.haaretz.com/premium-word-of-the-day-parat-moshe-rabbeinu-1.5193869
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0449010X.1983.10704932?journalCode=rjeq20
https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/108335229/Her_haggling_nature_never_leaves_her_Dutch_identity_and_Jewish_stereotypes_in_the_writings_of_Nicolaas_Fran_ois_Hoefnagel_1735_1784.pdf
https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/new-years-day/for-domesticated-animals/a-blessing-for-the-bugs-on-rosh-hodesh-elul-and-rosh-hashana-labehemot-by-trisha-arlin/
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/2366/joris-hoefnagel-and-georg-bocskay-ladybird-and-european-wild-pansy-flemish-and-hungarian-1561-1562-illumination-added-1591-1596/ - for an example of Joris Hoefnagel's artwork (not to be confused with Nicholaas Hoefnagel!)
All about the kidney spot ladybird, plus mentions of the pine ladybird, the twice stabbed ladybug, chilocorus kuwanae (probably the same species) and more.
There's also a podcast recommendation - Let's Talk About Sects by Sarah Steel.
Sources used in this episode: Field guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain & Ireland (Helen Roy and Peter Brown, illustrated by Richard Lewington, 2018)
http://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2011/04/14.pdf
https://www.gbif.org/species/4452277
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327559877_Key_for_identification_of_the_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_of_European_Russia_and_the_Russian_Caucasus_native_and_alien_species
Coleopterists Day: https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/news/programme-2020-coleopterists-day
Here's the interview I did last weekend with the hosts of CritterCast, Cassie and Koreena! The episode was produced by Vasil Zguri of SoundPulse (www.soundpulse.com). You can check out CritterCast at www.crittercast.com
We have a wide ranging conversation including ladybugs, dogs, and er...guinea pig and rabbit poo... :) Enjoy!
Music at the start is by Debra Torrance and music at the end is Boardroom Walk by 22-pistepirkko.
All about the cream streaked ladybird, Harmonia quadripunctata, and some information on its infamous relative.
This week check out the UK Wildlife Podcast (@UKWildlifePod on twitter) and the RSPB big garden birdwatch!
Note: when I am talking about the ten spot i made a mistake and mention spot's on the ladybird's head rather than its pronotum.
Sources I used for this episode:
Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland (Roy et al, 2018)
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Harmonia_quadripunctata_cream-streaked_ladybird.htm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0013873816010012
Learn what makes the 16 spot ladybird so special, plus a promo for CritterCast (www.crittercast.com) and the Casual Birder Podcast (http://casualbirderpod.libsyn.com)
Fictional and true cases involving ladybirds. Plus an announcement about a new ladybird discovered in Iran!
I've returned after the Jewish holidays with a new episode, interviewing the founder of www.letsgofindabug.com . Thank you to Vasil Zguri of sound-pulse.com for editing the episode for me, and to Shaun Hill and Sara Tisch for their help.
This week myself and Debra Torrance introduce you to the Larch Ladybird.
Sources: Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy et al
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Aphidecta_obliterata_larch_ladybird.htm
Have you ever heard of Rhyzobius Litura? You can find out about Perivale Wood on http://www.perivalewood.org.uk Read more about the Selborne Society at http://www.selbornesociety.org.uk
Find out about the Field Studies Council at http://www.field-studies-council.org
Explore the life of the little pine ladybird :)
List of companies profiting from deforestation
Mejkangati
Jenn Shraga's podcast
The song at the start of the episode is Boardroom Walk by 22-Pistepirkko (which means 22 spot ladybird in Finnish), thanks so much to Quintus from the band for letting me use it.
This episode tells you all about the famous Coccinella septempunctata, the 7 spot and most common ladybird in the UK.
My apologies for the audio quality on this, it is my first time ever recording an episode! Music by Debra Torrance 2019.
Who was the killer who murdered a colony of aphids on Mrs McGonagall's prize rose bushes? Find out in season 1 episode of Hidden Wings and Bloodlust. Join me on a journey through the world of Coccinellidae.