Ladybeetles
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Are they called ladybirds, ladybugs or ladybeetles?? Why do farmers think ladybeetles are lucky? And why are ladybeetles brightly coloured? Anika and Dexter find out all the amazing facts about tiny colourful ladybeetles with Dr Ken Walker who is Senior Curator of Entomology at the Museums Victoria Research Institute. This episode of The Fact Detectives is a Kinderling co-production with Melbourne Museum. To find out more about the world around you, head to museumsvictoria.com.au   Guest: Dr Ken Walker – Senior Curator of Entomology at the Museums Victoria Research InstituteHosts: Anika and Esther Production: Cinnamon Nippard  Sound Design: Josh Newth Executive Producer: Lorna Clarkson   And if YOU have a big Fact Detective question, send it to [email protected]  Hear it first on LiSTNR.  Listen ad-free on Kinderling.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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