Episode 30: Synonycha grandis - The Giant Bamboo Ladybird (Golden 13 Star Ladybird)

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

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