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Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
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.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/17/water.ethicalliving
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
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
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
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://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
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
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
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Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
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.
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
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://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehdi-Zare-Khormizi - Mehdi's research page.
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Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
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
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/37999014@N00/2945548428/
Sources:
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
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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
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/
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
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://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
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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
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
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Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
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:
http://www.zgswfz.com.cn/EN/abstract/abstract735.shtml
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://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-GXNB198801006.htm
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-14133-6_6
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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