Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

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 - Instagram 

Email Ben and co-host Zillah at [email protected]

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Photo by me - 22 spot ladybird.

All about the Cactus Ladybug. 

https://bugguide.net/node/view/83002

https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/47/2/334/4911639

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Samways/publication/233668969_Physiological_and_Behavioral_Characteristics_of_Chilocorus_spp_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_in_the_Laboratory_Relative_to_Effectiveness_in_the_Field_as_Biocontrol_Agents/links/57b411fa08aeaf239bafa29f/Physiological-and-Behavioral-Characteristics-of-Chilocorus-spp-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-in-the-Laboratory-Relative-to-Effectiveness-in-the-Field-as-Biocontrol-Agents.pdf

https://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?pid=S0065-17372015000300025&script=sci_arttext 

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/103782098/Huang98-libre.pdf?1687812464=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DChilocorine_C_A_New_Dimeric_Alkaloid_fro.pdf&Expires=1763493047&Signature=BNBzff-pvUXZJM91H-68E4eA1ko4MKTTAtSJox~UVCUu8ls63yit67Bd2wZjegIgIZ~Mpz~YopQQmAZZPoRVuywmAPQsy05Ql9m5VMdppGlL7cgu7DdBvsiJfyssw5yWU8aQSFQfWkGfDoifSGLS4LQzI63l0ZGNw4JQjZtSZ1YSrc21McoMJDUTZpMFRu~kjaobNG5M5ThidVT03QQu0gcLhBcesAgU~X099ofT25WzcIV854yjTGUHc~nyX2IKh5HwoFJG-hMYvsKfSSNpnS7rvBXZzZtwaGiIhWHQ-47J2jR79V4tSDO4C1VfBqtvNJZ5TA2XnTx5psMbE2mdtw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA 

Chilocorine: Heptacyclic Alkaloid from a Coccinellid Beetle]
Kevin D. McCormick, Athula B. Attygalle, Shang-Cheng Xu,2 Al& SvatoS,3 and Jerrold Meinwald
Baker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
Marilyn A. Houck
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79404
Curtis L. Blankespoor and Thomas Eisner
Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01647950108684226 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00052079

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1010655610575 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01647959908684172 

Note: I made a mistake in the episode - should have been cochineal insects infesting prickly pears rather than palms :) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULMUgccyJMA - Cactus ladybug time lapse 

Photo credit - Mike Quinn,

Santa Ana NWR, Alamo, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
September 14, 2009
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009 (https://bugguide.net/node/view/338057) 
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Music by Debra Torrance :)

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

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/nine-spotted-lady-beetle-2016.html

http://www.lostladybug.org/

http://www.lostladybug.org/images/Turnipseed_et_al_2014.pdf

http://www.lostladybug.org/images/Turnipseed_et_al_2015.pdf

http://www.lostladybug.org/images/LoseyEtAl2014.pdf

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/abs/field-study-of-diapause-in-coccinella-novemnotata-coleoptera-coccinellidae1-2/A9AC5A380B0790A99355867363FD33F9

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Hear about one of the rarest and most beautiful ladybirds in Europe, its unique habitat and lifestyle. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333761329_Niche_width_and_niche_specialization_in_four_species_of_ladybirds_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_co-occurring_in_the_same_habitat

https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/12592/sospita_vigintiguttata.html#:~:text=Sospita%20vigintiguttata%20(Linnaeus%201758)%20is,(probably)%2C%20..more

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261474185_Notes_on_the_overwintering_of_marshy_forest_ladybirds_in_Poland_and_on_the_colour_change_in_Sospita_vigintiguttata_throughout_the_winter

https://www.kul.pl/files/658/aphids17/16_Florek_Tragarz_Ceryngier.pdf 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Svenja-Christian/publication/320728530_First_records_of_the_ladybird_beetle_Sospita_vigintiguttata_Linnaeus_1758_and_the_skin_beetle_Reesa_vespulae_Milliron_1939_from_Luxembourg_Coleoptera_Coccinellidae_and_Dermestidae/links/59f81f65aca272607e2da08d/First-records-of-the-ladybird-beetle-Sospita-vigintiguttata-Linnaeus-1758-and-the-skin-beetle-Reesa-vespulae-Milliron-1939-from-Luxembourg-Coleoptera-Coccinellidae-and-Dermestidae.pdf 

https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=713446 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229694362_Habitat_preferences_and_diet_in_the_predatory_Coccinellidae_Coleoptera_an_evolutionary_perspective 

https://www.kerbtier.de/Pages/Themenseiten/enCoccinellidae.html 

https://observation.org/photos/93720432/ 

https://www.jungledragon.com/image/117123/sospita_vigintiguttata_-_pupa.html 

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/habitats/woodland/wet-woodland

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Photo credit: 2008 David Vaudoré - https://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/ref-220533.htm 

 

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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-of-the-ladybug/

https://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/three-nursery-rhymes-with-surreptitiously-sinister-origins/

https://www.felbecktrust.org.uk/single-post/bishy-barnabee-at-wood-norton 

https://www.catholic365.com/article/7800/ladybug.html 

https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/about-us/

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-05056-0_9 

https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/publications/darwin-and-the-god-of-love 

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