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
Great find! I'm intrigued by this refugia design.
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.
And a good test of the floating frame @vc40orthops.bsky.social
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.
Great, I look forward to seeing it.
Is your guide available online Vanna?
I think they have a pretty wide habitat tolerance. Sieving leaf litter, moss, etc. over a white tray should turn it up easily enough.
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.
Further images of finds and habitats. 13-spot Ladybird find from cutover bog stunted pine was a welcome surprise!
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.
