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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 13h

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.

Variation in Rhyzobius litura individuals.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 1d

Great, I look forward to seeing it.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 1d

Is your guide available online Vanna?

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 2d

I think they have a pretty wide habitat tolerance. Sieving leaf litter, moss, etc. over a white tray should turn it up easily enough.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 13d

Further images of finds and habitats. 13-spot Ladybird find from cutover bog stunted pine was a welcome surprise!

13-spot Ladybird habitat - stunted pine on cutover bog outside Banagher.

Pine Ladybird habitat - pine along drain on cutover bog.

Heather Ladybird beaten from willow along drain on cutover bog.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Scymnus nigrinus habitat - pine along drain on cutover bog.

13 -spot Ladybird habitat along the Shannon at Banagher.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 25d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Sep 25

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Sep 23

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.

Heather Ladybird habitat, beaten from willow along the edge of a drainage ditch.

Red Marsh Ladybird on white beating tray.

Red Marsh Ladybird habitat along the shore of Lough Ree.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Sep 22

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Sep 13

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Aug 23

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

Black-spotted yellow ladybird, facing downward on brown seedhead of Nipplewort plant.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Aug 4

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 13

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 12

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

Red Marsh Ladybird on white tray amongst petals and seeds.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 11

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.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

Wool Carder Bee resting on Lamb's-ear leaf.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 8

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 4

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

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