A little studied ladybird, but with some surprising facts mentioned in this episode.
https://www.ko-fi.com/hwabpodcast
'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
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