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 MeinwaldBaker Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853Marilyn A. HouckDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79404Curtis L. Blankespoor and Thomas EisnerSection 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, USASeptember 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/ 

Find out about one of the rarest, most beautiful ladybirds in Europe.

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