Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

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.