Hidden Wings and Bloodlust
A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
Episodes
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.
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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. :)
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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. ;)
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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.
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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 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.
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 :)
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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
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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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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.facebo...
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/v...
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/
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 ht...
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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