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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.
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
All about the eyed ladybird, how to treat ladybirds at Christmas and more!
Plus a podcast recommendation for This Week In Virology.
Music by Debra Torrance. Image credited to user: Tados at Wikipedia and www.entomart.be
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Hi everyone, I'm back with a new episode! Here's my episode with Paul Csomo from the Varmints podcast. Sorry for the poor audio at the start - I really hope you enjoy.
Saturday May 02, 2020
Saturday May 02, 2020
Find out all about the water ladybird, plus a shout out to the Lady Justice podcast.
Sources used in this episode: Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
Field guide to the ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland by Helen Roy et al
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lady-justice-true-crime/id1482252045
https://ladyjusticepodcast.podbean.com/
Image taken from wikipedia by Gilles San Martin from Amur, Belgium. :)
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
In this special episode I'll be telling you what habitats in and around your house and garden support which species of ladybird.
I'll also be giving some suggestions on how to stay in touch with nature during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Music is by 22-pistepirkko and Debra Torrance.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sorry I've not put out an episode in a while. A new one is coming soon.