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A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
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Saturday Jan 04, 2025
Saturday Jan 04, 2025
I speak to Joe Gray from the Ecological Citizen about Compassionate Entomology and how the concept of treating insects as individuals, taking into account their welfare, could revolutionise entomological research.
https://blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/2024/12/10/making-a-case-for-compassionate-entomology
Saturday Dec 28, 2024
Saturday Dec 28, 2024
The second part of my conversation with John. We don't stick to ladybirds but talk about a wide range of wildlife topics. :)
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Recently myself and my friend John Attiwell went to Norfolk. The previous year we had been to Scotland. We recorded a 2-part conversation - the first part is about ladybirds we have found. ;)
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Saturday Dec 07, 2024
Saturday Dec 07, 2024
I talk to Michiel de Groot of the University of Ghent about his research on the notorious Laboulbeniales fungi, and the Hesperomyces genus which infect ladybirds - especially Harlequins.
Follow Michiel at @michieldegroot.bsky.social
https://beetlehangers.org/ Beetlehangers
https://www.dannyhaelewaters.com/ - Danny Haelewaters' research
https://fun-dive.eu/ - Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity
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Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode.
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'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 :)
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
All about the orange ladybird - one orange organism you will be glad to hear about in these bleak times.
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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/
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
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 :)
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Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
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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Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
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
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