Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

Episode 34: Halmus chalybeus - The SteelBlue Ladybird

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 

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Episode 33: Ladybird Books ... Interview with Helen Day

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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Episode 32: Coccinella undecimpunctata - The 11-Spot Ladybird

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://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Eleven-spotted-ladybird---Coccinella-undecimpunctata.html 

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 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio-Soares-22/publication/234035763_Intraguild_predation_between_the_aphidophagous_ladybird_beetles_Harmonia_axyridis_and_Coccinella_undecimpunctata_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_The_role_of_body_weight/links/58c6731d92851c0ccbff533f/Intraguild-predation-between-the-aphidophagous-ladybird-beetles-Harmonia-axyridis-and-Coccinella-undecimpunctata-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-The-role-of-body-weight.pdf

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Episode 31: Scymnus interruptus - The Red-Flanked Scymnus Ladybird

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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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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Bonus Episode#1: Coccinella saucerotti

Discover a mysterious ladybird which feeds on leaf-beetle larvae, in this bonus episode for Hidden Wings and Bloodlust. 

Sources: 

Studies on leaf-beetles in Turkey: 

https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19931180571 

https://www.cabi.org/isc/abstract/19931180570

https://epilachna.flog.pl/wpis/11136128/coccinella-saucerottei - The only live photo of C saucerotti i could find :) 

https://european-ladybirds.brc.ac.uk/ 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.leu&hl=en_GB&gl=US

https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/chrysomela-tremula

https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/chrysomela-populi 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysomela_populi

https://zoogalaktika.ru/photos/red-data-book-region/red-data-book-privolzhskij/red-data-book-samara - Details of the Red Book of endangered species in Samara. 

Picture from http://rrrcn.ru/kksam-bespozvonochnye/100 - Ministry of forestry, nature management and environmental protection in Samara, Russia

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Episode 29: Coccinella quinquepunctata - The 5-Spot Ladybird

Find out all about the 5-spot ladybird and its unusual habitat in Wales and Scotland. Thank you to Daryn Johnson for pronouncing the Welsh place-names! 

Sources: 

https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_quinquepunctata_five-spot_ladybird.htm 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/een.12847 - Geographic variation in the habitat preference of a scarce predatory insect...by Sloggett et al

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/endangered-ladybird-found-only-wales-1827527.amp

http://www.llanellinaturalists.org.uk/index.php/newsletters/dragonflies-and-damselfies/238-carmarthenshire-ladybirds

Michael Majerus - A natural history of ladybird beetles

Field guide to ladybirds by Roy et al (2017). 

 

https://www.alamy.com/five-spot-ladybird-fivespot-ladybird-5-spot-ladybird-coccinella-quinquepunctata-on-sand-image283979660.html - Alamy stock photo, contributor: blickwinkel

My podcast recommendation for this week is The Wildlife Garden Podcast - https://twitter.com/thewildgdn 

See Debra's article on the Scottish midge conspiracy here: http://leftungagged.org/2021/03/23/the-biggest-scottish-conspiracy-theory-of-them-all/ 

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Episode 28: What is a ladybird?

This show will tell you about how a ladybird is defined and how insects are categorised. 

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/157423.htm - Article about Linnaeus and racism

https://twitter.com/UKWildlifePod/status/1371340383410589697 - UK Wildlife episode on ladybirds with Helen Roy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coccinellidae_genera 

 

With a promo for Blood & Terf podcast. 

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Episode 27: 'How a Ladybug Changed My Life' with Rodney C Burris

Rodney C Burris, a professional development coach and speaker based in Baltimore, tells me how a ladybird (or ladybug) changed his life and gave him a respect for all life. We have a fun conversation on topics such as why there's no such thing as a coincidence, pest control and more! 

You can view Rodney's website here: https://rodneycburris.com/ 

This episode was edited by Greg Laceda of Laceda Podcast Productions: https://www.lacedapodcastproductions.com 

Thank you too to Matthew Sterkenburg - https://www.podcaststrong.com 

Music is by Debra Torrance. 

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Episode 26: Hippodamia arctica - Tundramarihøne

Hear about an incredible ladybird that lives in the Arctic! 

Sources - A Natural History of the Ladybird Beetles by Michael Majerus

Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00305316.2020.1763871 - Review of the genus Hippodamia in the Palearctic region, 2020

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-8601-3_9 - Is the lifecycle of high arctic aphids adapted to climate change? 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022191000001530 - Insects in hypoxia 

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-1896-8_10 - Ecological and experimental exposure of insects to anoxia reveals surprising tolerance. From the book 'Anoxia' by William Wyatt Hoback et al. 

https://top10nos.com/arctic-plants/ 

https://cityandgarden.com/plants-in-the-tundra/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160308-how-one-squirrel-manages-to-survive-being-frozen - Details about the ground squirrel, red bark beetle and wood frog. 

https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hippodamia+arctica - Picture of the Hippodamia Arctica ladybird used for this episode. 

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/455668-Hippodamia-arctica - More pictures of the ladybirds. 

 

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