Volume 42: Aidan O Hanlon presents The Formicidae of Ireland: An updated checklist of native and exotic ant species. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology
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Volume 42: Smyth et al. Present a survey of the biodiverse urban wildlife sanctuary ‘The Grove’, plant and bird species recorded, their interactions and current threats and pressures. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Botany #Ornithology
Volume 42: Winkler et al. highlight the value and potential of land-based whale watching: the example of the Iveragh peninsula. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Marine
Volume 42: Minchin et al. investigate fouling on small North Atlantic drift seeds on a Kerry Beach. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Botany #Marine
Volume 42: Kane and Sweeney examine Water boatmen (Corixidae) in County Cork: species, habitats and use in biological water quality assessment. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology
Volume 42: Roden et al. review old maps and new records of Killarney Fern, Beech Fern and filmy ferns in the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Botany #Pteridology
Volume 42: Ryan et al. reveal the scale of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) fishing in Ireland from 1947–1987. Read more—subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 42 – Stephen Heery explores Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000) in Ireland: naturalist and islandman. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 42 – Montgomery & Reid describe the First record of Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula) in Northern Ireland. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 42 – Brian Nelson, INJ Sectional Editor, Entomology, reviews the species described as new to science in the 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal . Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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📖 Volume 42 – Nigel Monaghan, INJ Editor, reflects on The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 1925–2025, celebrating 100 years of Irish natural history publishing. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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INJ in the News: A 7-year-old boy in Cork found one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home. Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Volume 41 – Markey et al. investigate Alpine Newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) using farmland
troughs in an agricultural landscape in Ireland. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Levesque et al. share strandings records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2023. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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🎄 Volume 41 ⛄ – Ryan and Foote solve a decades old mystery: Matched images of a lone Killer Whale in the Foyle Estuary in 1977 gives clues to its origins and fate. Subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org 🎁
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Volume 41 – Adriano Pittini reveals a specimen of Merocanites subapplanatus, an extinct ammonoid cephalopod from the Carboniferous of Co. Dublin. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Eamonn O’Donnell reports Chrysocharis purpurea, a sawfly parasitoid new to Ireland. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Aidan O’Hanlon explores Irish exotic ants: a checklist, and a historical first interception of the New York Carpenter Ant (Camponotus novaeboracensis) in Dublin . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Power and Hamilton report the discovery of Notoxus monoceros an ant-like flower beetle new to Ireland, from Co. Kerry. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Gammell and O’Brien report the First record of the Thrift Clearwing moth (Pyropteron muscaeformis) from Co. Galway. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk!
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
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Volume 41 – Ciarán Byrne reports on Microterys seyon, a parasitoid wasp new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, and comments on the genus . For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Byrne and Clarke report on Tropidosteptes pacificus, a mirid bug new to Ireland from counties Carlow and Antrim. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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🪲 Freshwater Insects of Ireland - Join Dr Helen James, Senior Curator at National Museums NI and Belfast Naturalists Field Club for a special INJ Centenary talk!
📅 Tues 11 Nov 2025, 7:30 pm
📍 Ulster Museum (Lecture Theatre) or online
💻 Bookings: IrishNaturalistsJournal@gmail.com
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Volume 41 – Power et al. report on Nephus quadrimaculatus a ladybird new to Ireland from Counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Spaans et al. report on the Bark Beetles Pityogenes trepanatus new to Ireland and records of Polygraphus poligraphus. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: christina.campbell@opw.ie
Volume 41 – Joshua Clarke shares notes on two recently-established non-native harvestmen in Ireland: Platybunus pinetorum and Opilio canestrinii. For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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Volume 41 – Rosell et al. report an observation of predation of the invasive New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) by a larva of the Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata). For subscription details visit: irishnaturalistsjournal.org
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