Some pictures I took recently

Hotei

Liophloeus tessulatus Weevil




Tetrix subulata Slender Groundhopper




Rhagium bifasciatum Two-banded Longhorn Beetle




Palomena prasina Green Shieldbug




Scathophaga stercoraria Yellow Dung Fly




Silpha atrata




Tethragnatha sp. (poss. T. extensa)

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Gaspode

The standard of photos on this thread has gone through the roof since I started following it a few years ago. Well done all.

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splish

Diaea dorsata. 1st Carlow record. Other records in Ireland are from Wexford & Kerry.

Diaea dorsata by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

Hotei

splish wrote: »

Diaea dorsata. 1st Carlow record. Other records in Ireland are from Wexford & Kerry.

Nice find Splish - well done!
Is it likely these spiders are more widespread? I presume as Crab spiders they're most likely found in vegetation?

splish

Hotei wrote: »

Nice find Splish - well done!
Is it likely these spiders are more widespread? I presume as Crab spiders they're most likely found in vegetation?

I was told its a southerly species at the limit of its range. It was beaten from Lawson Cypress when I was looking for Juniper Shieldbug.

Hotei

splish wrote: »

I was told its a southerly species at the limit of its range. It was beaten from Lawson Cypress when I was looking for Juniper Shieldbug.

I'm in a neighbouring County, so it might be worth looking out for. Thanks.

savagethegoat

Snooty White Fronted Goose family snub Canada Goose family.

savagethegoat

Stack of Goslings

OpenYourEyes

savagethegoat wrote: »

Snooty White Fronted Goose family snub Canada Goose family.

They're Greylags rather than White-fronts.

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savagethegoat

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

They're Greylags rather than White-fronts.

Thx for that, I think they were visitors from Montenotte.

splish

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines eggs on larval foodplant Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines egg on Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

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song thrush

vistafinder

Honey Bee working Cotoneaster

untitled-8368.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Capercaillie

splish wrote: »

Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines eggs on larval foodplant Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis.

by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

That's feckin amazing!

OpenYourEyes

Fulmar by Brian, on Flickr

A Fulmar that landed on Rockabill today. They don't breed here, but do nest on neighbouring islands.

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grey wagtail

Hotei

Hairy Dragonfly (female) Brachytron pratense
This species of dragonfly is typically the first to be seen on the wing in late Spring here in Ireland:



Hairy Dragonfly (male)






Green-legged Sawfly Tenthredo mesomelas




Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata




Cucumber Green Orb Spider Araniella cucurbitina sensu lato
Araniella cucurbitina and Araniella opisthographa are almost identical looking species which can only be distinguished from one another via a microscopic examination. Sensu lato ("in the broad sense") means that both species can be recorded under this tag where it is not possible to tell them apart in the field.




Oak Eggar Moth Caterpillar Lasiocampa quercus

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pegasus1

2 Ladybirds by niall.hirsch, on Flickr

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Taken along the banks of the Royal Canal

whyulittle

Wood White? Small and delicate like the descriptions suggest.

savagethegoat

Baby Great Tit perhaps?

Zoo4m8

It's an adult with, obviously, feather loss on the head..I had a robin last year with exactly the same affliction, didn't seem to affect him greatly, I can't for the life of me remember the name for this condition..

OpenYourEyes

Another picture of the same Fulmar - they've been flying right in over the island quite often over the last few days. Very curious birds!

Fulmar by Brian, on Flickr

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