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/