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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