Episode 482
Why do ladybirds have varying spot numbers?
From 2 to many more, how do ladybirds end up with different numbers of spots on their backs?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
August 9, 20212m 57s
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Show Notes
Listener Ruomei wrote in to ask "Why do ladybugs have different numbers of spots on their backs?"Eva Higginbotham spoke with ladybird enthusiast Helen Roy from the Uk Centre for Ecology and Hydrology... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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