Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

All about the orange ladybird - one orange organism you will be glad to hear about in these bleak times.    Buy my book! https://mybook.to/82BK2En  Support me with Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11021.pdf  https://www.academia.edu/download/90336212/latest.pdf https://www.gnhs.org.uk/gn25_3/weddle_halyzia16.pdf https://mahieu.org.uk/orange-ladybirds/  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01647959508684050    Ladybird Atlas 2025: https://biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/ladybird-atlas-2025/   

I'm gonna restart the @hwabpodcast again! 

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.    Sign Richard's petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/608295  Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ      

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 :)  Music by Debra Torrance.      Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ  

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    Follow Imogen Cavadino's slug survey,  mentioned in the episode here:  https://twitter.com/i_cavadino  Take part here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-research/slug    Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ  

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 @WildEpisode on Twitter    Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ 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    Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ 

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 If you like this show and want to support me you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi – www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast. You can follow me on Twitter @hwabpodcast or on Instagram @365.ladybird, or like my facebook page Hidden Wings and Bloodlust. You can follow me on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Music is by Debra Torrance.

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.  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on instagram: 365.ladybird Follow me on twitter: @hwabpodcast  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjIlauU6qr2AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ 

Learn about a ladybird that is one of the world's worst pests of soybeans.  Podcast recommendation - Gardeners of the Galaxy (@orbitalgardens on Twitter) Follow me on Twitter: @hwabpodcast  Follow me on Instagram: 365.ladybird  Buy me a coffee at https://www.ko-fi/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Music by Debra Torrance :)  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!  Follow Tea on Twitter @tea_francis Follow her on Instagram @scienteafic  Sign up to her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/scienteafic  === Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Follow me on Twitter @HWABpodcast  Follow me on Instagram @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust   

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 Follow @stevoallain on Twitter  Support me on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast   Follow me on Twitter @HWABPodcast Follow me on Instagram @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust  Wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podfollow.com/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust  Music by Debra Torrance :) 

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.  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Follow me on Twitter @HWABPodcast Follow me on Instagram @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust  Wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podfollow.com/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust  Music by Debra Torrance :) 

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  Follow @TalkAgToMe on twitter  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  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Follow me on Twitter: @HWABpodcast Follow me on Instagram: @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Website: https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com  Find your podcast app at https://www.podfollow.com/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust  Music at the start of the show by Debra Torrance :)   

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 Buy me a coffee: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Follow me on Twitter: @hwabpodcast Follow me on Instagram: @365.ladybird  Like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Oy8dnGCsXXejYRI1b7j8z  Website: https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com  Music by Debra Torrance :)   

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 -------------------- Podcast promo for this week - Nature Newbies with Anna Feeney. https://naturenewbies.podbean.com/  Like my facebook page: https://facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on Twitter @Hwabpodcast  Follow me on Instagram @365.ladybird  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi : www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Music by Debra Torrance :) 

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 ________________________________ Follow me on Twitter: @hwabpodcast Follow me on Instagram: @365.ladybird Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Visit my website at https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com  Music by Debra Torrance :) 

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.   View the museum's website here: https://www.palestinenature.org  Follow the museum on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/PIBS.PMNH/ Donate to the museum  here: https://www.palestinenature.org/donations/ Buy Mazin's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mazin-B-Qumsiyeh/e/B001KMCXP2/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Follow me on twitter: @HWABpodcast or Instagram @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Get redirected to the right podcast app here: https://podfollow.com/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust   

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.    Buy me a coffee at Ko-fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Follow me on twitter @hwabpodcast or instagram at @365.ladybird  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2hpZGRlbndpbmdzYW5kYmxvb2RsdXN0L2ZlZWQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjY2JrD6eDwAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ&hl=en-GB  Music by Debra Torrance  

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  ----------------------- Follow me on Twitter: @HWABpodcast Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on Instagram: @365.ladybird  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  Music at the start of the show is by Debra Torrance :) 

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.  You can find Helen's website at http://www.ladybirdflyawayhome.com or find her facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/121640071180835 . You can follow her on Twitter at @LBFlyawayhome.  Details about the exhibition - The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists: https://ladybirdflyawayhome.com/the-ladybird-artists-exhibition/  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Like my facebook page www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on twitter @HWABpodcast Follow me on instagram @365.ladybird Music by Debra Torrance.   

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 Follow Ryan Dalton's podcast at @IntoTheWildPod Follow CritterCast at @CastCritter or https://crittercast.blubrry.com :)  Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Like my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on twitter @hwabpodcast or on instagram @365.ladybird  Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.  Music is by Debra Torrance :) 

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    Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi - https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Follow me on Twitter: @hwabpodcast or Instagram @365.ladybird Like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Music by Debra Torrance  

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  Buy me a coffee at Ko-fi https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Like my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me on twitter @HWABpodcast Follow me on instagram @365.ladybird :)  Music by Debra Torrance. 

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&gl=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 ---  Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOK  Like my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Follow me at @hwabpodcast on Twitter and @365.ladybird on instagram :) 

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).    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/  -------- I'm raising money for WAVAW rape crisis centre https://donate.tiltify.com/@hiddenwingsandbloodlust/wavaw-fundraiser  You can find more information about them here: https://www.wavaw.ca/    Follow me on twitter at @hwabpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Instagram - 365.ladybird Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOK

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      I'm raising money for WAVAW rape crisis centre https://donate.tiltify.com/@hiddenwingsandbloodlust/wavaw-fundraiser  You can find more information about them here: https://www.wavaw.ca/    Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOK

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  Thank you too to Matthew Sterkenburg - https://www.podcaststrong.com  Music is by Debra Torrance.  Follow me on @hwabpodcast on twitter or @365.ladybird on Instagram, or like my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust Buy me a coffee at Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOK 

Hear about an incredible ladybird that lives in the Arctic! Sources - A Natural History of the Ladybird Beetles by Michael MajerusSpotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comonthttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00305316.2020.1763871 - Review of the genus Hippodamia in the Palearctic region, 2020https://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.  Buy me a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOKFollow me on twitter @HWABpodcast Instagram: 365.ladybird Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/hiddenwingsandbloodlust 

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! Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/G2G63KMOK :) 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 bipunctatahttps://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 axyridishttps://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 septempunctatahttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-011-9387-1 - Parasites and pathogens of the ladybird Harmonia axyridisMichael 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 bacteriahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/236921409_Invasive_Harlequin_Ladybird_Carries_Biological_Weapons_Against_Native_Competitors - Harlequin ladybirds and microsporidiahttps://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 systemhttps://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 Comonthttp://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=1Information on 7-spots' behaviour: https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_septempunctata_seven-spot_ladybird.htmhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0013873817090019https://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/srep11021Another 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 ComontField 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_PAFind 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 LadybirdsHelen Roy et al - Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Northern Irelandhttp://ijnrs.damghaniau.ac.ir/article_664207.html - study on pesticides and the Adonis ladybird.https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variabler_Flach-Marienk%C3%A4ferhttps://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Hippodamia_variegata_adonis_ladybird.htmhttps://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Hippodamia/hippodamia.html - Article about Hippodamia's legendhttps://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 ComontField guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy et al https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lady-justice-true-crime/id1482252045https://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.  

Sorry I've not put out an episode in a while. A new one is coming soon. 

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.comBuy 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/hiddenwingsandbloodlustOn twitter @hwabpodcastOn instagram @365.ladybirdYou 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-stunninghttps://forward.com/articles/5541/the-adorable-moses-cow/https://pre.haaretz.com/premium-word-of-the-day-parat-moshe-rabbeinu-1.5193869https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0449010X.1983.10704932?journalCode=rjeq20https://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.pdfhttps://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.pdfhttps://www.gbif.org/species/4452277https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327559877_Key_for_identification_of_the_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_of_European_Russia_and_the_Russian_Caucasus_native_and_alien_speciesColeopterists 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.comWe 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.htmhttps://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! 

Sorry for the delay. Join me as I discuss the 24 spot ladybird! 

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. 

Learn about the smallest ladybird in Britain and its surprising secrets.