Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris), Two-handed Longhorn (Rhagium bifasciatum) and Rhagonycha lignosa from John's Hill pNHA, Co. Carlow over the weekend.

Puccinia brachypodii var. arrhenatheri on Aarhenatherum elatius in Kildavin, Co. Carlow today @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social?

Early-purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) recorded during fieldwork in Co. Wexford today. Survey was conducted as part of developing a bespoke "Plan for Nature" for the landowner, a biodiversity initiative coordinated by the @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social via The Hare's Corner program.

Some gorgeous pink hues to local Hawthorn around Kildavin, Co. Carlow over the weekend.

For the past few years, I have walked regularly through the grounds of the local church in Kildavin, Co. Carlow. Recently, the church has changed its grassland management strategy, moving away from regular mowing to managing certain areas as meadow grassland. Great to see! #wildflowerhour

Nice suprise today scuttling over the steps of Aghade Church (the shieldbug, not me) outside Tullow, Co. Carlow. A new site for Forget-me-not Shieldbug (Sehirus luctuosus).

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) & Cowslip (Primula veris) along a roadside verge of the N80 near Kildavin, Co. Carlow at the weekend.

Mating 22-spot Ladybird pair, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) and Aceria crataegi gall on Hawthorn leaf along the Slaney near Clonegal, Co. Carlow yesterday.

Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum) along the River Slaney upstream of Kilcarry Bridge, Co. Carlow. #wildflowerhour

Few-flowered Garlic (Allium paradoxum) along the Barrow at Goresbridge and Shining Crane's-bill (Geranium lucidum) at Borris today. Also a rust on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Nysius huttoni mating pair, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird and Armadillidium depressum from Kildavin, Co. Carlow today.

Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura) under driftwood amongst Marram in the dunes at Ballinesker Beach, Co. Wexford today.

Bugs Corizus hyoscyami (Rhopalidae) & Acalypta parvula (Tingidae) from the Raven, Wexford yesterday.

Nice to get a comparison shot of these 3 (somewhat) cooperative inconspicuous ladybirds at the Raven Nature Reserve, Wexford this evening. Coccidula rufa (top right), Nephus redtenbacheri (bottom right) and Rhyzobius litura (left).

Eupeodes sp. pupa and Platycheirus scutatus agg. larva on headstones in Kildavin, Carlow yesterday.

Distinctive looking mite yesterday on Scots Pine bark in Kildavin, Carlow. Leptus trimaculatus (Erythraeidae) potentially.

Several Nysius huttoni sieved from leaf litter in a graveyard in Clonegal, Co. Carlow today. A ground bug native to New Zealand.

It has taken over two years for @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social & I to attract another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus), an extremely small & elusive species, to the refugia we designed in an attempt to learn more about them. It has been a long wait but we found one yesterday, plus an Anthocorid bug

After a two year hiatus, @vc40orthops.bsky.social and I were really pleased to finally find another Willow Ladybird (Scymnus limbatus) using our refugia yesterday. 🥰 New for my #LadybirdYearList #VC40Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

Two Neobisium carcinoides pseudoscorpions from John's Hill, Co. Carlow this week.

2-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) on a headstone in Kildavin, Co. Carlow today.

Rhizophagus dispar (Monotomidae) under storm damaged Beech bark at Cuilaphuca Wood, Co. Carlow over the weekend.

Ground bug (Lygaeidae) Stygnocoris fuligineus beaten from Rosemary at Cahore, Co. Wexford yesterday.

Good day recording around Cahore, Co. Wexford today. Nephus redtenbacheri agg. was my 29th Irish ladybird. Rhyzobius litura was the most numerous species with 50 individuals seen, beaten from grass and rush tussocks.

Pseudoscorpion Neobisium carcinoides from a disused sand and gravel quarry near Clonegal, Co. Carlow yesterday. Our most widespread and commonest pseudoscorpion species. There are 17 species of pseudoscorpion recorded in Ireland.

Ground bug Stygnocoris sabulosus and tingid bug Acalypta parvula from a disused sand and gravel quarry near Clonegal, Co. Carlow yesterday.

Few more images of the 13-spot Ladybird (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata) from cutover bog outside Banagher, Co. Offaly during the week.

Great day ladybird recording around Banagher, Co. Offaly today. Two new species for me in Scymnus nigrinus and 13-spot Ladybird. Pine Ladybird, Heather Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird and Rhyzobius litura also recorded.

Flat-footed fly (Platypezidae) Paraplatypeza bicincta ♀️ from Edenvale Woods, Co. Wexford yesterday. Found new to Ireland in 2021 by Ryan Mitchell from Down. Since then there have been records from Knocksink Wood, Wicklow and Anne's Grove House & Gardens, Cork.

Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum) at a building site in Ardcavan, Co. Wexford today @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Platypezid Agathomyia cinerea ♀️ from Cuilaphuca Wood near Kildavin, Co. Carlow this afternoon.

Mirid bug Pantilius tunicatus from St. John's Wood, Co. Roscommon.

Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus) and Red Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula rufa) from St. John's Wood on the shores of Lough Ree, Roscommon over the weekend. Both new for the site, also recorded 7-spot and 10-spot ladybirds. Unfortunately no 13-spot Ladybird.

Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) at St. John's Wood, Co. Roscommon yesterday. @bsbiireland.bsky.social

Witches' broom galls on Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in Palatine, Co. Carlow recently. Likely caused by Taphrina carpini but phytoplasmas can cause similar broom symptoms.

22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on seedhead of Nipplewort today in Kildavin, Carlow.

Nice aggregation of six x 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on mildewy Hogweed at Aghade, Co. Carlow today.

Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) larva off cypress in Clogh, Co. Wexford.

Red Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula rufa) swept from grassland at Tesco in Gorey, Co. Wexford yesterday.

Clockwise from top left: 10-spot, Cream-spot with 10-spot, 22-spot larva x 2, Rhyzobius litura, Coccidula rufa and 14-spot ladybirds from Craanford and Gorey, Co. Wexford today.

22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) at Tinryland, Co. Carlow yesterday.

Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) on Stachys byzantina at Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Carlow this yesterday.

Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) from the NBDC Insect Field Day at Tramore Dunes, Co. Waterford last weekend. Great to finally see this species.

Teneral 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) from Killedmond, Co. Carlow.

Striped, 18-spot, Larch and 10-spot ladybirds off a roadside pine near Killedmond, Co. Carlow today.

Ladybird pupa collected off Elder in Kildavin, Co. Carlow earlier this week. 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) emerged today.

2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird and Cantharis flavilabris in Kildavin, Carlow today.

18-spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata) off Ivy on Scots Pine trunk at Cranavane Well, Co. Carlow today.

Common Cudweed (Filago germanica) & Basil Thyme (Clinopodium acinos) from a former sand & gravel quarry near Clonegal, Carlow this afternoon.

10-spot Ladybird larva off lime near Palatine and Eyed Ladybird larva on a gravestone in Kildavin, Carlow today.