Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

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! 

All about the Adonis Ladybird, plus a recommendation for the Hypatia's Lantern youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsFfq5PlMGc8Wj72JyL_PA

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. 

All about the eyed ladybird, how to treat ladybirds at Christmas and more! 

Music by Debra Torrance. Image credited to user: Tados at Wikipedia and www.entomart.be

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. 

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

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. 

Sorry I've not put out an episode in a while. A new one is coming soon. 

Two months ago I interviewed Macken Murphy who runs the Species podcast. This is our conversation! 

Hi everyone, welcome to part 2 of Ladybirds and Judaism.  

This is my interview with Trisha Arlin, a Jewish liturgist and writer. You can find her work here: 

Buy her new book Place Yourself: Words of Prayer and Intention here: https://dimus.parrhesia.press/shop/tkhines-paraliturgical-prayers/place-yourself-word-of-prayer-intention-by-trisha-arlin-foreword-by-rabbi-jill-hammer-ph-d/ 

You can also support her on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/trishaarlin 

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Music at the start of the show is by Debra Torrance. Music at the end is Boardroom Walk by 22-pistepirkko. 

Chag purim sameach to all my Jewish listeners, I'll try and bring out the new episode earlier next week, but may end up being later on in the week. 

Find out about the association of Judaism with ladybirds. Music is by Debra Torrance and 22-Pistepirkko. 

Sources used in this episode: 

http://www.talmudology.com/jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2019/1/9/shechita-pain-and-stunning

https://forward.com/articles/5541/the-adorable-moses-cow/

https://pre.haaretz.com/premium-word-of-the-day-parat-moshe-rabbeinu-1.5193869

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0449010X.1983.10704932?journalCode=rjeq20

https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/108335229/Her_haggling_nature_never_leaves_her_Dutch_identity_and_Jewish_stereotypes_in_the_writings_of_Nicolaas_Fran_ois_Hoefnagel_1735_1784.pdf

https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/new-years-day/for-domesticated-animals/a-blessing-for-the-bugs-on-rosh-hodesh-elul-and-rosh-hashana-labehemot-by-trisha-arlin/

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/2366/joris-hoefnagel-and-georg-bocskay-ladybird-and-european-wild-pansy-flemish-and-hungarian-1561-1562-illumination-added-1591-1596/ - for an example of Joris Hoefnagel's artwork (not to be confused with Nicholaas Hoefnagel!)