Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

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

https://mahieu.org.uk/orange-ladybirds/ 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01647959508684050 

Ladybird Atlas 2025: https://biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/ladybird-atlas-2025/ 

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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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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 

Follow Imogen Cavadino's slug survey,  mentioned in the episode here: 

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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! 

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Sources:

Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland - Helen Roy 

Ladybirds of UK FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955 for more on cream-spot behaviour 

https://bugguide.net/node/view/26792 - Polymorphic cream-spot ladybirds in the USA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvia_Crispinilla 

For distribution in Channel Islands see irecord data on channel islands and Calvia quatuordecimguttata (www.irecord.org.uk) 

https://www.pherobase.com/database/species/species-Calvia-quatuordecimguttata.php

https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/88/6/785/162813?login=true (Also shows that lower temperatures = bigger ladybirds). 

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/42503173/Chemical_protection_of_Calvia_quatuordec20160209-30509-1qhtj4f-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1650412784&Signature=AYhihYlKN4Dp5AUA51bV17b80GZ-6oyl0UzQYEjAt59NZy1tXE~Ax-Ocy-PZlC2pBKsJAXQkJn47250qu~qbjVl7XXYSGbRRm5IOEmh-b~SXa29wloRF-6xZcDqiihynzmb8nxdHM78mnJQSF~kTbsaiCQyps5HpYabJnrCTSf9mVJLX3vMeztRE~PwxWGcCoJDHQtv-ylcJEVCZOwpTVhvyNfy7CwQhXuPuMra0Bu03oFt0G86Z0E91LKRXgfaEEezYI52b29ruVTS9ulzHo0E5sFNGhuUFsisUaS9gpfixK1YT3A0yzqwj45PIT2RdXeI-hVsw84wPFq7WDa9McA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA - Alexandra Magro's study, 2007 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333761329_Niche_width_and_niche_specialization_in_four_species_of_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_co-occurring_in_the_same_habitat - Polish study of 4 different ladybirds 

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33024/ - Investigating ladybird alkaloids as new leads for novel insecticides 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jeb.13074

https://doc.rero.ch/record/316061/files/10526_2012_Article_9470.pdf

https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/icad.12158

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2004.00769.x - Sexually transmitted mites info 

http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513378/1/N513378PP.pdf 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-016-1077-6 

http://earaza.ru/wp-content/uploads/20210505_zoo_eco_issues.pdf#page=177 - Russian study comparing clutch sizes on apples and pears 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jean-Francois-Godeau/publication/269100775_Identification_of_prey_items_in_frass_of_three_ladybird_beetles_living_on_black_alder/links/548051bc0cf2ccc7f8bb98f2/Identification-of-prey-items-in-frass-of-three-ladybird-beetles-living-on-black-alder.pdf 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040402010001651 - Piperidines info 

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! 

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Cemetery Wildlife Watch: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257026872679440 

UK Hoverflies facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/609272232450940 

Ladybirds of UK facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/971664196190955 

Find out more about the North East Ladybird Spot here: https://twitter.com/NEE_Naturalist 

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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

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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/

https://meduza.io/en/podcasts/the-naked-pravda - The Naked Pravda on Meduza

https://meduza.io/podcasts/meduza-v-kurse - что случилось 

Ladybirds in Ukraine information 

https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/e/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b2-%d1%83%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%97%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b4/ - Ukrainian Google translation of this episode 

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0 - Ukrainian wikipedia article on ladybirds 

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_(%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%87%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0) - Wikipedia page about Ukrainian nursery rhymes and folk tales about ladybirds 

https://redbook-ua.org/ - Red Book of Ukraine about endangered species 

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ladybird-beetles-of-ukraine - Ladybirds of Ukraine - Inaturalist project 

Alexander Slutsky's photo page in Kharkiv, Ukraine: http://www.alsphotopage.com/about/index 

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-can-inaturalist-community-do-for-our-fellow-naturalists-in-ukraine/29937 - Information about endemic species in Ukraine 

https://twitter.com/UK_CEH/status/1498622347959586817 - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology statement on Ukraine 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/06/whats-the-environmental-impact-of-modern-war - 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306312715603249 - Leaf bugs near the Chernobyl site 

http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/search.php?search=adv&SearchContent=WebSearchName&SearchType=begins&txt_Search=&accepted=accepted&rankm=%3E%3D&rank=220&belongs=Coccinellidae+%7C+Family&list=0&listareas=2196&listareastatus=1&btn_SearchAdv=Search

http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/search.php?search=adv&SearchContent=WebSearchName&SearchType=begins&txt_Search=&accepted=accepted&rankm=%3E%3D&rank=220&belongs=Coccinellidae+%7C+Family&list=0&listareas=2196&listareastatus=8&btn_SearchAdv=Search - Pesi portal results 

https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/taxonomy?country=UA&taxon_key=7782&occurrence_status=present - Numbers of different ladybirds recorded in Ukraine with Harlequins recorded 715 times, 7-spots 516 times and 22-spots 92 times. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322138730_Notes_on_three_morphs_of_Bulaea_lichatschovii_Hummel_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_from_Northern_Pakistan

Ladybirds attack the beaches of Odessa and Kharkiv - https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/bozhi-korovki-atakuyut-plyazhi-mariupolya-i-odessy-prichiny-opasno-li-eto-foto-video-50170931.html 

https://newsfounded.com/ukraineeng/in-southern-ukraine-millions-of-dead-ladybirds/ 

https://www.facebook.com/hrabro.odessa/posts/1676788112531736

Ukraine's ladybug fan breaks her own world record - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToOfxAigpc 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-collection-of-ladybirds 

Thanks to @cabbageleek on twitter and matthewvosper on inaturalist plus everyone who helped me find the right information. 

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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 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epilachna_varivestis_(cropped).jpg 

Sources:

https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19620501187

https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/bean/mexican_bean_beetle.htm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0098847288900469

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09583157.2013.809404

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925857419303842