Hidden Wings and Bloodlust

The second part of my conversation with John. We don't stick to ladybirds but talk about a wide range of wildlife topics. :)  Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts - Music by Debra Torrance. Buy my book! https://mybook.to/82BK2En Buy me a coffee - https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast 

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. ;)  https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi :)  https://mybook.to/82BK2En - Buy my book! 

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  -- https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast - Buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi  https://mybook.to/82BK2En - Buy my book!   

A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode.  https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  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-traditional-medicine-and-cultural-practices-from-the-administrative-region-Rishikesh-Dehradun-India.pdf 'Are we studying too few taxa'? (Mentions the chemical defence issue) https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2005/03/09.pdf  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364719317732  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1995425517030106   Other info found on 'Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland' by Helen Roy et al.  Correction: The Palearctic Region is Europe, North Africa and Asia all the way to Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palearctic_realm Music by Debra Torrance .vtt transcript now available in Podbean and other podcast apps :)