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
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Photo by me - 22 spot ladybird.
18 Nov 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)
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8 Nov 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
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