There are a range of sizes and colours of Angle Shade moth caterpillars on the house walls every night. This nicely coloured one was on the front door. #teammoth

Winter Moth, new for season, last night on house wall . #teammoth

A Rusty Dot Pearl moth was next to my front door early Monday evening! #teammoth

I had a closer view of the Glossy Ibis that has been on the River Erkina, Laois since last Tuesday but I’m still hoping to see it in the sunshine.

Red Dead-nettle, Field Forget-me-not and Annual Meadowgrass flowering in Durrow yesterday for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Last night was mild and I saw 3 December Moths (NFY) at home in Laois. #teammoth

Annual Mercury flowering by the Royal Canal, Dublin 1 this week for #wildflowerhour

I found a new location in Dublin 1, by the Royal Canal, for Black Nightshade. #wildflowerhour @bsbiireland.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A real surprise to see Bog Rosemary flowering today in Abbeyleix Bog; it is in the Ericaceae family and typically flowers in early Summer. Bush Vetch was also seen. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Roundhead /Stropharia sp. in Abbeyleix I’d forgotten just how slimy they are! #mushroommonday #fungifriends

Just 2 moths to my lamp yesterday evening - November Moth agg. and a Feathered Thorn. #teammoth

LBAM on Ivy earlier this evening. #teammoth

Blistered Cup Fungus (Peziza vesiculosa), or similar, growing on horse dung for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

Field Blewits fruiting in my field in a ring / arc. #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

Purple Jellydisc fungi (Ascocoryne sarcoides), anamorphic stage, on the bark of a log in Abbeyleix for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

Pineapple Weed looking as fresh aa a Daisy today for #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

I was surprised to see Feverfew flowering in Abbeyleix earlier this week, it’s a plant I rarely see. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Palpita vitrealis near Des’s trap locally in Laois on Monday night. Delighted to see and photograph it. First for Laois - the Laois team have done well for migrant moths this year considering we are in an inland midland county! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

27 moths of 11 species last night - Mottled Umber, new for year in my Laois garden. #teammoth

Black fungi at Ballacolla: Earth Tongues and Elfin Saddles (Helvella lacunosa), for #MushroomMonday and #fungifriends

Figure of Eight moth (NFY), netted off a high security lamp last night in Laois. #teammoth

Red-green Carpet from last night, it wouldn’t pose with the other moths! #teammoth

Most of the most attractive moths from my catch last night - aren’t they lovely! #teammoth

Surprised to find a Four-spotted Footman on the security lamp last night, a bit late in the year for this species here. #teammoth

Tawny Pinion moth found on Ivy at the weekend, a lifer for me, and very few records for Ireland. #teammoth

So good to have some moths again! 17 of 10 spp. in Laois with Green Brindled Crescent x2 and November Moth agg x4 both NFY, and excitingly my 2nd ever Merveille du Jour. Here it is showing its size against Pink-barred Sallow and GBC. #teammoth

Hawthorn Shieldbug on blackberries this evening.

Herald moth on blackberries this evening - I then checked lots more Bramble but didn’t find any more moths! #teammoth

Narrow-leaved Ragwort / Senecio inaequidens on Dublin quays today. #wildflowerhour #urbanbotany

Red-green Carpet moth, seen on the house wall yesterday. This species emerges in Autumn, hibernates as an adult and flies again in Spring. #teammoth

Bramble flowers yesterday for #wildflowerhour, they were surrounded by blackberries, hips, haws and sloes. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Stigmella plagicolella (?) leaf mines on Prunus in the garden for #leafminermonday #teammoth

Blackening Waxcap / Hygrocybe conica in Ballacolla graveyard for #MushroomMonday . Good to get my Waxcap hunting off to a start! #fungifriends

Freckled Dapperling seen on a roadside in Abbeyleix for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

Wild flowers from my walk today in Abbeyleix: Marsh Woundwort, Red Bartsia, Common Vetch and a white Marsh Thistle, plus bonus Traveller’s Joy seedheads. #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Wildflowers (2) in my meadow this weekend for #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Wildflowers (1) in my meadow this weekend for #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Pearly Underwing, a lifer a probable county record for Laois, on 24th Sept. This migrant moth is described by Norfolk Moths website as having a characteristic longitudinal silvery grey crest on the thorax’ like a ‘silver Mohican hair cut’! #teammoth

Herald moth - it came to the kitchen window on Friday night, so I rushed outside with a pot! This species hibernates as an adult to over-winter, in caves, outhouses etc. #teammoth

Buckwheat is flowering well at Dublin Docklands, and has Flax for company now. #urbanbotany #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Sticky Groundsel flowering in Dublin Docklands - I don’t often see this species! #urbanbotany #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Another moth ticked off my wishlist - Merveille du Jour! Seen last night in Laois. 💚 #teammoth

Lovely to see a Comma and lots of Red Admirals on the Ivy flowers yesterday lunchtime. #wildwebswednesday

Pink-barred Sallow moth feeding on Ivy flowers in Laois. #teammoth

Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Snowy Inkcaps in my field yesterday, looking like a set of Russian dolls! #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

Glisten Inkcaps fruiting by a tree stump for #MushroomMonday and #fungifriends.

The Sallow x2 - with light and dark marks, and Centre-barred Sallow, from last night in Laois. #teammoth

Some of the Rosy Rustic moths from last night. They come in a wide range of sizes, those on the right were particularly large. They arrive late to the trap, ~after 1am. #teammoth

Galls on Germander Speedwell from Jaapiella veronicae gall midges for #wildwebswednesday