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] -- https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/  https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast - buy me a coffee!  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771 - Apple Podcasts  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)  ---  www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771  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 --  Donate at https://ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  Hidden Wings and Bloodlust on FB https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771 https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/ 

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 -- Photo credit: 2008 David Vaudoré - https://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/ref-220533.htm    --  Donate to me on Ko-fi - https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast  FB: Hidden Wings and Bloodlust Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771 Website: https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com  Record your ladybird finds on irecord - www.irecord.org.uk or inaturalist! www.inaturalist.org :)   

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  -- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hidden-wings-and-bloodlust/id1476595771   https://iheart.com/podcast/295570902 - iheartradio  https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/  Facebook: Hidden Wings and Bloodlust Ko-Fi.com/hwabpodcast