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A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Listener's questions are out! Find out why you might not be able to smell a ladybird, why ladybirds snuggle together in the winter, how they are affected by global warming and more.
With a promo for How to Enjoy Experimental Film with Daniel Adams, available on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts.
Sources:
Overwintering harlequin ladybirds:
http://www.ace-sap.it/UploadDocs/3270_WATANABE2002.pdf
Ecology of dormancy in ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - Piotr Ceryngier (2015)
Ceratomegilla undecimnotata -
Ladybirds, Naturalist's handbook. Correction: The study showing which ladybirds used up their fat reserves faster was Hariri, 1966 and not 1975.
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19810583127 - Overwintering of Aphidecta Obliterata in northeastern Scotland, WH Parry.
Hippodamia Arctica's reduction in range in the last 1000 years: https://www.jstor.org/stable/75635?seq=1
Information on 7-spots' behaviour: https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Coccinella_septempunctata_seven-spot_ladybird.htm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0013873817090019
Mode of overwintering of invasive H axyridis in the Netherlands: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-011-9394-2
Toxicity of ladybirds - Orange, 2-spot and pine found to be the most poisonous https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11021
Another study on toxicity of ladybirds https://www.researchgate.net/profile/NM_Marples/publication/226922678_Toxicity_assays_of_ladybirds_using_natural_predators/links/5534dba40cf283a8f60be2e5/Toxicity-assays-of-ladybirds-using-natural-predators.pdf
Spotlight, Ladybirds by Richard Comont
Field guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Helen Roy et al.
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
I spoke to Charlotte, a horticulture student in Melbourne and former florist who tweets as @moltopopulare. We have a fun interview where we talk about gardening during Covid, the harlequin ladybird, dangerous spiders and more!
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
All about the Adonis Ladybird, plus a recommendation for the Hypatia's Lantern youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFfq5PlMGc8Wj72JyL_PA
Find out about its connection with the greek myths, and why they are known as 'the sports cars of the ladybird world'! (Richard Comont)
I do apologise for the poor quality of the audio in part of the episode.
Sources:
Richard Comont - Spotlight Ladybirds
Helen Roy et al - Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
http://ijnrs.damghaniau.ac.ir/article_664207.html - study on pesticides and the Adonis ladybird.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variabler_Flach-Marienk%C3%A4fer
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Hippodamia_variegata_adonis_ladybird.htm
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Hippodamia/hippodamia.html - Article about Hippodamia's legend
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis - Adonis legend
Music by Debra Torrance.