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Episode 53: Coccinella hieroglyphica - The Hieroglyphic Ladybird

Episode 53: Coccinella hieroglyphica - The Hieroglyphic Ladybird

Update: 2024-11-24
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A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode. 


https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast 


Ladybirds in traditional medicine: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shafkat-Mir/publication/378176519_Ethnobiological_use_of_insects_in_traditional_medicine_and_cultural_practices_from_the_administrative_region_Rishikesh_Dehradun-India/links/65d4263d01325d46521570c8/Ethnobiological-use-of-insects-in-traditional-medicine-and-cultural-practices-from-the-administrative-region-Rishikesh-Dehradun-India.pdf


'Are we studying too few taxa'? (Mentions the chemical defence issue) https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2005/03/09.pdf 


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364719317732 


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1995425517030106


 


Other info found on 'Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland' by Helen Roy et al. 


Correction: The Palearctic Region is Europe, North Africa and Asia all the way to Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palearctic_realm


Music by Debra Torrance


.vtt transcript now available in Podbean and other podcast apps :) 

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Episode 53: Coccinella hieroglyphica - The Hieroglyphic Ladybird

Episode 53: Coccinella hieroglyphica - The Hieroglyphic Ladybird

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