Ciarán Byrne
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Rhizophagus dispar (Monotomidae) under storm damaged Beech bark at Cuilaphuca Wood, Co. Carlow over the weekend.
12 days ago
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Ground bug (Lygaeidae) Stygnocoris fuligineus beaten from Rosemary at Cahore, Co. Wexford yesterday.
16 days ago
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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.
17 days ago
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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.
19 days ago
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Ground bug Stygnocoris sabulosus and tingid bug Acalypta parvula from a disused sand and gravel quarry near Clonegal, Co. Carlow yesterday.
19 days ago
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Few more images of the 13-spot Ladybird (Hippodamia tredecimpunctata) from cutover bog outside Banagher, Co. Offaly during the week.
27 days ago
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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.
about 1 month ago
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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.
about 1 month ago
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Common Millet (Panicum miliaceum) at a building site in Ardcavan, Co. Wexford today
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about 1 month ago
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Platypezid Agathomyia cinerea ♀️ from Cuilaphuca Wood near Kildavin, Co. Carlow this afternoon.
about 1 month ago
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Mirid bug Pantilius tunicatus from St. John's Wood, Co. Roscommon.
about 2 months ago
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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.
about 2 months ago
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Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) at St. John's Wood, Co. Roscommon yesterday.
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about 2 months ago
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Witches' broom galls on Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in Palatine, Co. Carlow recently. Likely caused by Taphrina carpini but phytoplasmas can cause similar broom symptoms.
2 months ago
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22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on seedhead of Nipplewort today in Kildavin, Carlow.
3 months ago
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Nice aggregation of six x 22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) on mildewy Hogweed at Aghade, Co. Carlow today.
3 months ago
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Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri) larva off cypress in Clogh, Co. Wexford.
4 months ago
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Red Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula rufa) swept from grassland at Tesco in Gorey, Co. Wexford yesterday.
4 months ago
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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.
4 months ago
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22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) at Tinryland, Co. Carlow yesterday.
4 months ago
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Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) on Stachys byzantina at Huntington Castle, Clonegal, Carlow this yesterday.
4 months ago
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Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) from the NBDC Insect Field Day at Tramore Dunes, Co. Waterford last weekend. Great to finally see this species.
4 months ago
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Teneral 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) from Killedmond, Co. Carlow.
4 months ago
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Striped, 18-spot, Larch and 10-spot ladybirds off a roadside pine near Killedmond, Co. Carlow today.
5 months ago
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Ladybird pupa collected off Elder in Kildavin, Co. Carlow earlier this week. 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) emerged today.
5 months ago
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2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird and Cantharis flavilabris in Kildavin, Carlow today.
5 months ago
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18-spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata) off Ivy on Scots Pine trunk at Cranavane Well, Co. Carlow today.
5 months ago
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Common Cudweed (Filago germanica) & Basil Thyme (Clinopodium acinos) from a former sand & gravel quarry near Clonegal, Carlow this afternoon.
5 months ago
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10-spot Ladybird larva off lime near Palatine and Eyed Ladybird larva on a gravestone in Kildavin, Carlow today.
5 months ago
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Spear Thistle Lacebug (Tingis cardui) adult and nymph on Spear Thistle in Kildavin, Carlow today.
5 months ago
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Ground bug Heterogaster urticae on Nettle in Kildavin, Carlow this afternoon.
5 months ago
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Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus) near Doneraile, Cork today.
5 months ago
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Eyed Ladybird (Anatis ocellata) larvae on Scots Pine in Kildavin, Carlow this afternoon.
5 months ago
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Syrphus sp. hoverfly larva amongst Aphis sambuci colony on Elder today in Kildavin, Carlow.
5 months ago
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Inconspicuous ladybird Rhyzobius litura from Kildavin, Carlow over the weekend. Usually find this species sweeping grassland vegetation, this one was observed wandering over open ground.
5 months ago
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Hoverfly Epistrophe nitidicollis, a female egg laying around Aphis sambuci colony on Elder in Kildavin, Co. Carlow over the weekend. Only the 12th Irish record and first for Carlow.
5 months ago
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Not one I've come across before, Elder Aphid (Aphis sambuci) on Elder in Kildavin, Carlow yesterday.
6 months ago
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Drupenatus nasturtii on Water-cress near Fenagh, Co. Carlow. This weevil was recently added to the Irish list by Louise Garcia from Tipperary and this is now the 5th county it has been recorded from.
6 months ago
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Adult and nymph of the ground bug (Lygaeidae) Nysius huttoni in Kildavin, Carlow today.
6 months ago
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Seaside Pansy (Viola tricolor subsp. curtisii) from the dunes at The Raven, Co. Wexford last weekend whilst searching (unsuccessfully) for Scarab Shieldbug.
6 months ago
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Gampsocoris punctipes, a stilt bug (Berytidae) associated with restharrow from the dunes at The Raven, Co. Wexford over the weekend.
6 months ago
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Osmia aurulenta ♂️ from the dunes at The Raven, Co. Wexford over the weekend.
6 months ago
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Acrosathe annulata ♂️ from the dunes at The Raven, Co. Wexford yesterday.
6 months ago
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Couple of beetles from the dunes at The Raven, Co. Wexford today. Phylan gibbus (Tenebrionidae), Melanimon tibialis (Tenebrionidae) & Charagmus griseus (Curculionidae).
7 months ago
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Tingis cardui, Cytilus sericeus & Armadillidium depressum from Kildavin, Carlow over the weekend.
7 months ago
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Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), one of several in flower today along the hedge banks around Kildavin, Carlow.
9 months ago
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2-spot Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura, Cream-spot Ladybird & 18-spot Ladybird from various sites along the Carlow-Wicklow border today. Recent storms providing access to some previously inaccessible pine canopies.
11 months ago
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Three-cornered Garlic (Allium triquetrum) growing as an epiphyte on Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Bunclody, Co. Wexford today.
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11 months ago
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Winter Heliotrope (Petasites pyrenaicus) in flower today at Coolmelagh Forest near Carnew, Co. Wicklow.
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12 months ago
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Tingid bug Derephysia foliacea tapped from Ivy at Woodstock estate, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny yesterday.
12 months ago
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