Hidden Wings and Bloodlust
A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
Episodes
I talk to Ben Knowlton from There Will Be Bugs about metamorphosis including holometabolous vs hemimetabolous, imaginal discs, whether an insect really does turn to liquid in the pupa, what can go wrong, and more...
Pluggables:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-will-be-bugs/id1715492448 - There will be Bugs on Apple Podcasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/2u8pQQEVkUHQj0Cl3robap - Spotify link
@there_will_be_bugs - Inst...
All about the Cactus Ladybug.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/83002
https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/47/2/334/4911639
This week I'm celebrating Mamdani's win with an episode on the state insect of New York. :)
Photo credit: Andy Birkey (bsky) (andybirkey.com)
https://guides.nynhp.org/nine-spotted-lady-beetle/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinella_novemnotata
https://benthamopenarchives.com/abstract.php?ArticleCode=TOENTOJ-6-42
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1049964411003355?via%3Dihub
Hear about one of the rarest and most beautiful ladybirds in Europe, its unique habitat and lifestyle.
I discuss the relationship of ladybirds to Christianity.
Sources include:
Books - A cultural history of insects in the medieval age
Encyclopedia of Easter celebrations worldwide
https://fathersofmercy.com/the-seven-sorrows-seven-joys-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4567115-a-year-on-ladybug-farm
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/5/306
https://ucatholic.com/blog/our-ladys-bird-the-catholic-origins...
The 7-spot ladybird was my very first episode and I've re-edited the audio and uploaded it again, which I will be doing for some of my older episodes, although it still sounds a bit weird in places, so I might update this file again in future as well. I used a variety of sources for this, including books by Richard Comont and Helen Roy. My instagram account was since hacked so the link is invalid, and my patreon account was deactiv...
An in depth episode about the amazingly variable 10-spot ladybird.
Sources:
AFG Dixon's study on 10-spot larvae: An experimental study of the searching behaviour of the predatory coccinellid beetle Adalia decempunctata (L.)
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1958.tb00786.x - Escape responses by aphids to 10-spots
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/20/7074 - Study about Adaline
I interview Armando Rosario Lebrón, an entomologist who has recently moved from the USA to Wales, about the Trump administration's policies and how these are affecting entomology in the USA.
Mentioned in this episode:
https://cvrileyfoundation.org/charles-valentine-riley/
https://vancouverbeeproject.org/blog/the-usgs-bee-lab-is-at-risk-of-being-permanently-closed
Find about a tiny but fascinating ladybird that is a voracious predator of citrus whitefly in the Mediterranean, Middle East and India.
http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/mepests/enemy/Serangium_montazerii/
I discuss my recent trip to Italy and the ladybirds and other inverts I saw there.
Bsky: @psyllobora22 FB: Hidden Wings and Bloodlust Website: https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771
I discuss this recent arrival to the UK, discovered in the new forest over the summer.
Sources:
Andrew Jewels' Website: https://www.andrew-jewels.com
https://zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/addpages/Andrey_Ukrainsky_Library/References_files/Moore78.pdf
https://insecta.pro/taxonomy/1000974
https://pherobase.com/database/species/species-Calvia-decemguttata.php
https://arthropodafotos.de/dbsp.php?lang=eng&sc=1&ta=t_35_coleo_pol_...
I talk about the origins of ladybirds.
Sources:
Spotlight Ladybirds - Richard Comont
Ecology and behaviour of the ladybird beetles - Michael Majerus
Evolution of food preferences in Coccinellidae - https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrkEIRN5sloBgIAIvoM34lQ;_ylu=Y29sbwNpcjIEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1759271758/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sciencedirect.com%2fscience%2farticle%2fpii%2fS1049964409001455/RK=2/RS=4Wu5La0qsbIGD.kLV7...
I speak to Joe Gray from the Ecological Citizen about Compassionate Entomology and how the concept of treating insects as individuals, taking into account their welfare, could revolutionise entomological research.
https://blog.ecologicalcitizen.net/2024/12/10/making-a-case-for-compassionate-entomology
The second part of my conversation with John. We don't stick to ladybirds but talk about a wide range of wildlife topics. :)
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts - Music by Debra Torrance.
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Recently myself and my friend John Attiwell went to Norfolk. The previous year we had been to Scotland. We recorded a 2-part conversation - the first part is about ladybirds we have found. ;)
https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi :)
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I talk to Michiel de Groot of the University of Ghent about his research on the notorious Laboulbeniales fungi, and the Hesperomyces genus which infect ladybirds - especially Harlequins.
Follow Michiel at @michieldegroot.bsky.social
https://beetlehangers.org/ Beetlehangers
https://www.dannyhaelewaters.com/ - Danny Haelewaters' research
https://fun-dive.eu/ - Monitoring and mapping fungal diversity
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A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode.
https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast
Ladybirds in traditional medicine: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shafkat-Mir/publication/378176519_Ethnobiological_use_of_insects_in_traditional_medicine_and_cultural_practices_from_the_administrative_region_Rishikesh_Dehradun-India/links/65d4263d01325d46521570c8/Ethnobiological-use-of-insects-in-tradition...
All about the orange ladybird - one orange organism you will be glad to hear about in these bleak times.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/srep11021.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/download/90336212/latest.pdf
https://www.gnhs.org.uk/gn25_3/weddle_halyzia16.pdf
I'm gonna restart the @hwabpodcast again!
I interview wildlife campaigner Richard Dowling (@DowlingWildlife on Twitter) about artificial grass. In this episode we talk about what the problems are with it, what the best low-maintenance plants are for your lawn as alternatives to grass, what to do if your landlord won't let you get rid of an artificial lawn and more!
With a promo for Crime Most French @CrimeMostFrench :)
Music by Debra Torrance.
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