A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
Episodes
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
35 min
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 :)
Music by Debra Torrance.
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May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022
52 min
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:
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Take part here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/help-our-research/slug
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Apr 19, 2022
Apr 19, 2022
21 min
All about the cream-spot ladybird. Does include a discussion of reproduction with some mildly strong language so take care while listening!
Featuring a promo for the Wild Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-wild-episode/id1364093026
@WildEpisode on Twitter
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Sources:
Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland - Helen Roy
Ladybirds of UK FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955 for more on cream-spot behaviour
https://bugguide.net/node/view/26792 - Polymorphic cream-spot ladybirds in the USA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvia_Crispinilla
For distribution in Channel Islands see irecord data on channel islands and Calvia quatuordecimguttata (www.irecord.org.uk)
https://www.pherobase.com/database/species/species-Calvia-quatuordecimguttata.php
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/88/6/785/162813?login=true (Also shows that lower temperatures = bigger ladybirds).
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333761329_Niche_width_and_niche_specialization_in_four_species_of_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_co-occurring_in_the_same_habitat - Polish study of 4 different ladybirds
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33024/ - Investigating ladybird alkaloids as new leads for novel insecticides
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jeb.13074
https://doc.rero.ch/record/316061/files/10526_2012_Article_9470.pdf
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/icad.12158
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00769.x - Sexually transmitted mites info
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513378/1/N513378PP.pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-016-1077-6
http://earaza.ru/wp-content/uploads/20210505_zoo_eco_issues.pdf#page=177 - Russian study comparing clutch sizes on apples and pears
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040402010001651 - Piperidines info
Mar 20, 2022
Mar 20, 2022
1 hr 15 min
I interview Mark Welfare from the Northeast Ladybird Spot, and Juliet Wilson and Per Smiseth from Cemetery Wildlife Watch about ladybirds in cemeteries. Around 35 minutes in, the zoom recording cut out, so apologies if it goes a bit weird around then!
Visit Juliet's Etsy shop: https://craftygreenpoet.etsy.com
Cemetery Wildlife Watch: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257026872679440
UK Hoverflies facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/609272232450940
Ladybirds of UK facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955
Find out more about the North East Ladybird Spot here: https://twitter.com/NEE_Naturalist
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Mar 7, 2022
Mar 7, 2022
7 min
Find out about a little-known South African ladybird. Please note that the 'meandering black line' description was not mine but was said by one of the commenters on the posts I looked at for this episode.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107697606
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/699558/cheilomenes-bidentata-on-senecio-rigidus
https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/333066/lipstick-ladybeetle
https://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Newsletter%20Library/SANSA%20News,%20No%2026,%20June-August%202016.pdf
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76922377
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Mar 3, 2022
Mar 3, 2022
31 min
Have you ever wondered about ladybirds in Ukraine? Find out all about ladybirds in Ukrainian culture, how many types of ladybirds there are in Ukraine and more.
Help Ukraine:
Disasters Emergency Committee - https://www.dec.org.uk/
Ukrainian Institute - https://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/russias-war-against-ukraine-what-can-you-do-to-support-ukraine-ukrainians/
Meduza.io podcasts:
Meduza.io - https://meduza.io/
https://meduza.io/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda - The Naked Pravda on Meduza
https://meduza.io/podcasts/meduza-v-kurse - что случилось
Ladybirds in Ukraine information
https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/e/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b2-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b4/ - Ukrainian Google translation of this episode
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0 - Ukrainian wikipedia article on ladybirds
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0) - Wikipedia page about Ukrainian nursery rhymes and folk tales about ladybirds
https://redbook-ua.org/ - Red Book of Ukraine about endangered species
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ladybird-beetles-of-ukraine - Ladybirds of Ukraine - Inaturalist project
Alexander Slutsky's photo page in Kharkiv, Ukraine: http://www.alsphotopage.com/about/index
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-can-inaturalist-community-do-for-our-fellow-naturalists-in-ukraine/29937 - Information about endemic species in Ukraine
https://twitter.com/UK_CEH/status/1498622347959586817 - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology statement on Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/06/whats-the-environmental-impact-of-modern-war -
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306312715603249 - Leaf bugs near the Chernobyl site
http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/search.php?search=adv&SearchContent=WebSearchName&SearchType=begins&txt_Search=&accepted=accepted&rankm=%3E%3D&rank=220&belongs=Coccinellidae+%7C+Family&list=0&listareas=2196&listareastatus=1&btn_SearchAdv=Search
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/taxonomy?country=UA&taxon_key=7782&occurrence_status=present - Numbers of different ladybirds recorded in Ukraine with Harlequins recorded 715 times, 7-spots 516 times and 22-spots 92 times.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322138730_Notes_on_three_morphs_of_Bulaea_lichatschovii_Hummel_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_from_Northern_Pakistan
Ladybirds attack the beaches of Odessa and Kharkiv - https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/bozhi-korovki-atakuyut-plyazhi-mariupolya-i-odessy-prichiny-opasno-li-eto-foto-video-50170931.html
https://newsfounded.com/ukraineeng/in-southern-ukraine-millions-of-dead-ladybirds/
https://www.facebook.com/hrabro.odessa/posts/1676788112531736
Ukraine's ladybug fan breaks her own world record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToOfxAigpc
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-collection-of-ladybirds
Thanks to @cabbageleek on twitter and matthewvosper on inaturalist plus everyone who helped me find the right information.
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Feb 10, 2022
Feb 10, 2022
25 min
Learn about a ladybird that is one of the world's worst pests of soybeans.
Podcast recommendation - Gardeners of the Galaxy (@orbitalgardens on Twitter)
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Photo by Stephen Ausmus, 21st March 2006 for Wikipedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epilachna_varivestis_(cropped).jpg
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Sources:
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19620501187
https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/bean/mexican_bean_beetle.htm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0098847288900469
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09583157.2013.809404
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925857419303842
Aug 2, 2021
Aug 2, 2021
1 hr 21 min
Despite what it says in the intro this is episode 44. I talk to spider advocate Tea Francis about the relationship between ladybirds and spiders. We talk about the rare and beautiful Ladybird Spider, what spiders do with ladybirds in their webs, spiders which eat aphids, how to start keeping invertebrates and more!
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Jul 27, 2021
Jul 27, 2021
51 min
Steve Allain talks me through the changes to protection of endangered species and possible threats to their survival from proposed government legislation and changes to their status. Please note it says 'episode 44' in the intro because it's being released slightly out of order...
Record sightings with the irecord app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.ac.ceh.irecord
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/02/red-squirrels-and-pine-martens-could-lose-protection-in-uk-review-say-experts
Info about the changes from the ARG: https://www.arguk.org/get-involved/news/7th-quinquennial-review-qqr-of-schedules-5-and-8-of-the-wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-a-summary-by-arg-uk
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Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
21 min
This week's episode is all about the twice-stabbed ladybug. Found in North America, this ladybird has interesting genetics and a weird lifestyle. Plus, hear an update with new information about the kidney spot!
Podcast recommendation - The Wild Episode with Brian Ruckley. Follow https://twitter.com/WildEpisode or www.wildepisode.com :)
Sources:
Picture used in show notes by Parihav at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/6/368 - Rigorous Morphological Studies Confirm That the Classical Object of Pest Control Chilocorus kuwanae Is the Same Species as Ch. renipustulatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
https://biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/predators/Chilocoruss.php
https://www.scielo.br/j/gmb/a/dhbZYvwxrYCKKhnK3SmHJTs/abstract/?lang=en - Information on the XY chromosomes
https://www.nature.com/articles/1931210a0 - Polymorphic chromosomes
https://bugguide.net/node/view/817339 - Another similar ladybird :)
https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_wo37/18_mayer_wo37.pdf - Chilocorus stigma and beech scale
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-16_twicestabbed_ladybug.htm
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16334330/
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VGQiB01pBeIC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=chilocorus+stigma+mussel+scale&source=bl&ots=XrXmUpe-Se&sig=ACfU3U02pJOEFxUgGz5r2UaebZWKk5m6UQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvhJXfve_xAhVNSsAKHR_SC1QQ6AEwCXoECAcQAw#v=onepage&q=chilocorus%20stigma%20mussel%20scale&f=false - Chapter from Ivo Hodek's book with info on low survival rates on Mussel Scale.
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