Description

A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode. 

https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast 

Ladybirds in traditional medicine: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shafkat-Mir/publication/378176519_Ethnobiological_use_of_insects_in_traditional_medicine_and_cultural_practices_from_the_administrative_region_Rishikesh_Dehradun-India/links/65d4263d01325d46521570c8/Ethnobiological-use-of-insects-in-traditional-medicine-and-cultural-practices-from-the-administrative-region-Rishikesh-Dehradun-India.pdf

'Are we studying too few taxa'? (Mentions the chemical defence issue) https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2005/03/09.pdf 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364719317732 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1995425517030106

Other info found on 'Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland' by Helen Roy et al. 

Correction: The Palearctic Region is Europe, North Africa and Asia all the way to Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palearctic_realm

Music by Debra Torrance

.vtt transcript now available in Podbean and other podcast apps :)