Episodes
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Episode 32: Coccinella undecimpunctata - The 11-Spot Ladybird
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
Episode 31: Scymnus interruptus - The Red-Flanked Scymnus Ladybird
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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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Bonus Episode#1: Coccinella saucerotti
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
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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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Episode 29: Coccinella quinquepunctata - The 5-Spot Ladybird
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
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).
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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Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Episode 28: What is a ladybird?
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
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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Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Episode 27: 'How a Ladybug Changed My Life' with Rodney C Burris
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
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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Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Episode 26: Hippodamia arctica - Tundramarihøne
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
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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Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Episode 25: Ladybird Diseases
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Find out the gory details of what diseases ladybirds can get, including male-killing bacteria, fungal infections and more! Plus learn why some of them can actually end up helping the ladybird!
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Podcasts I've listened to this week include the Bearded Tit's podcast by Jack Perks. https://twitter.com/TitBearded
Sources:
https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-443/#:~:text=TWiV%20443%3A%20On%20a%20leaf%2C%20no%20one%20can,she%20protects%20the%20cocoon%20until%20the%20adult%20emerges - TWiV 443 - On a leaf, no one can hear you scream.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6939-0_18 -Interactions between the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana and three species of coccinellid: Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Adalia bipunctata
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2402774 - Plant viruses and 7 spots
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2458/1/IGP.pdf - Beauveria bassiana and Harmonia axyridis
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christine_Nalepa/publication/6612748_Infection_of_Harmonia_axyridis_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_by_Hesperomyces_virescens_Ascomycetes_Laboulbeniales_Role_of_mating_status_and_aggregation_behavior/links/5b7ec14b299bf1d5a71f61c1/Infection-of-Harmonia-axyridis-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-by-Hesperomyces-virescens-Ascomycetes-Laboulbeniales-Role-of-mating-status-and-aggregation-behavior.pdf - Harmonia axyridis and Laboulbeniales fungus.
https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article/77/2/229/498289 - Avoidance of a generalist entomopathogenic fungus by the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-011-9387-1 - Parasites and pathogens of the ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Michael Majerus 'A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles' - see Chapter 5, Ladybird Death.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0054218#:~:text=Ladybirds%20are%20a%20hot%2Dspot,invasion%20of%20male%2Dkilling%20bacteria.&text=DNA%20sequence%20analysis%20indicates%20that,occur%20within%20one%20beetle%20population. - Male-killing Wolbachia bacteria
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236921409_Invasive_Harlequin_Ladybird_Carries_Biological_Weapons_Against_Native_Competitors - Harlequin ladybirds and microsporidia
https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-abstract/92/2/260/27916 - Inbreeding in the 14 spot ladybird
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/Z08-096?journalCode=cjz - Epilachna nylanderi and its strange digestive system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoMBSm8KkjI - Insect growth and development. See also discussions in the Ladybirds of UK facebook group.
Saturday Jan 30, 2021
Episode 24: Ladybirds in the Winter
Saturday Jan 30, 2021
Saturday Jan 30, 2021
All about what ladybirds do in winter. With a promo for the new book Histeridae, Sphaeritidae and Silphidae of Britain and Ireland, by Lane, Lucas and Whiffin. You can buy it here:
Field guide to the ladybirds of Britain and Ireland - Roy et al.
Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/3270_WATANABE2002.pdf
- Information on Harlequin ladybirds.
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/34/2/432/461808 - Study on the 7-spots in Honshu
https://www.academia.edu/download/45639264/ceryngier_2015_ladybird_dormancy.pdf - Ecology of dormancy in ladybird beetles (2015) by Ceryngier.