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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