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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 16d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 25d

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · 27d

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 · 28d

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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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jul 2

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

Collage of 4 ladybirds (clockwise from top left): Striped, Larch, 10-spot and 18-spot.

Roadside pine tree at Killedmond, Co. Carlow.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jun 29

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

Habitat: Scots Pine trees with Ivy-covered bases.

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

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Ciarán Byrne @kiwibyrne.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

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