A podcast dedicated to ladybirds

Hidden Wings and Bloodlust
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A podcast dedicated to ladybirds
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8/13/2019
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Recent Episodes

December 6, 2025
Episode 68: Metamorphosis with Ben Knowlton (There Will Be Bugs)
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 bdkn223@uky.edu -- 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.

November 18, 2025
Episode 67: Chilocorus cacti - The Cactus Ladybug
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 :)

November 8, 2025
Episode 66: Coccinella novemnotata - The 9-Spotted Ladybug
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/
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