Thanks Jake.

Few-flowered Garlic (Allium paradoxum) along the banks of the River Barrow.

Shining Crane's-bill (Geranium lucidum) on a stone wall in Borris.

Orange rust on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) along the Barrow.

Few-flowered Garlic (Allium paradoxum) along the Barrow at Goresbridge and Shining Crane's-bill (Geranium lucidum) at Borris today. Also a rust on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Nysius huttoni mating pair. Small ground bugs with tan ground colour and dark markings amongst moss cover.

7-spot Ladybird clambering across grass leaves.

14-apot Ladybird on Nettle leaf.

Armadillidium vulgare, a large woodlouse on stone ledge along a wall.

Nysius huttoni mating pair, 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird and Armadillidium depressum from Kildavin, Co. Carlow today.

Small reddish brown ladybird on Marram grass with sand grains in the background.

Meadow Ladybird (Rhyzobius litura) under driftwood amongst Marram in the dunes at Ballinesker Beach, Co. Wexford today.

Orange and black bug on Gorse spines.

Small lacebug with intricate patterning on pronotum and forewings.

Bugs Corizus hyoscyami (Rhopalidae) & Acalypta parvula (Tingidae) from the Raven, Wexford yesterday.

3 ladybirds on a white plastic tray. Large red individual top right, small brown and black individual bottom right and medium sized brown individual left.

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).

Dark hoverfly pupa on light grey background of a headstone with lichens.

Brown hoverfly larva on light grey background of a headstone with lichens.

Eupeodes sp. pupa and Platycheirus scutatus agg. larva on headstones in Kildavin, Carlow yesterday.

Dark reddish-brown mite with three light patches on brown bark of Scots Pine.

Dark reddish-brown mite with three light patches on brown bark of Scots Pine.

Distinctive looking mite yesterday on Scots Pine bark in Kildavin, Carlow. Leptus trimaculatus (Erythraeidae) potentially.

Female Nysius huttoni on white background.

Several Nysius huttoni sieved from leaf litter in a graveyard in Clonegal, Co. Carlow today. A ground bug native to New Zealand.

Willow Ladybird, a small (2mm or less) black beetle with a large, red patch on each wing-case, sitting back to back with a Hemipteran bug which is significantly bigger.

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.

Pseudoscorpion Neobisium carcinoides on white background.

Pseudoscorpion Neobisium carcinoides on dark background.

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

Stygnocoris fuligineus.

Stygnocoris fuligineus.

Ground bug (Lygaeidae) Stygnocoris fuligineus beaten from Rosemary at Cahore, Co. Wexford yesterday.

Nephus redtenbacheri agg.

Coccidula rufa.

Variation in Rhyzobius litura individuals.

Nephus redtenbacheri agg. habitat.

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.

Stygnocoris sabulosus.

Acalypta parvula.

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

13-spot Ladybird on white beating tray.

13-spot Ladybird on white beating tray.

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

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

Pine Ladybird on white beating tray.

Pine Ladybird habitat - pine along drain on cutover bog.

Heather Ladybird beaten from willow along drain on cutover bog.

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

Scymnus nigrinus on white beating tray.

Scymnus nigrinus habitat - pine along drain on cutover bog.

13-spot Ladybird on white beating tray.

13 -spot Ladybird habitat along the Shannon at Banagher.

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.