An in depth episode about the amazingly variable 10-spot ladybird.
Sources:
AFG Dixon's study on 10-spot larvae: An experimental study of the searching behaviour of the predatory coccinellid beetle Adalia decempunctata (L.)
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1958.tb00786.x - Escape responses by aphids to 10-spots
https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/20/7074 - Study about Adaline
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jen.12244
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-024-01544-4
https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2005/03/15.pdf
https://journals.eco-vector.com/ecolgenet/article/download/13011/17441 - info on male-killing bacteria
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11222777/ - Genome sequence of the 10-spot ladybird
https://influentialpoints.com/biocontrol/Adalia_decempunctata_ten-spot_ladybird.htm
https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com/adalia-bipunctata/?lang=en
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0449010X.1983.10704932 - Moses's Little Cow
https://hiddenwingsandbloodlust.podbean.com/e/episode-14-ladybirds-and-religion-judaism-part-1/ (Listen on any podcast app)
Field Guide to Ladybirds by Roy et al, 2013 and 2018
A Natural History of the Ladybird Beetles by Mike Majerus
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