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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aglais
Species: A. urticae
Binomial name
Aglais urticae
Most habitats - Gardens, Woodlands, Hedgerows.
Widespread in Ireland.
Nettles.
50-55mm (2.44 inches)
This is a very common butterfly which regularly frequents gardens, particularly favouring Buddlea bushes.
It is mainly reddish-orange with black markings and blue spots around the border. In contrast, the underside is quite dull.
It can be found sometimes hibernating in houses.
Habitat: The Small Tortoiseshell is widespread throughout Ireland.
There are two broods annually.
Larval Food Plant: Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Flight Time:
March to April or later (after hibernation)
July to early August
Mid-August to mid-September
Hibernation: Overwinters as an adult butterfly.
Small Tortoiseshell butterflies seen between November
and February have probably been disturbed from their
hibernation sites.
This butterfly, because of its affinity for nectar from the Butterfly Bush Buddleia and Michelmas Daisy Aster and
its hibernation habits, is one of Ireland's best recognised species.
Ovum:
The greenish globular eggs are laid in clusters of about 80 on the underside of a growing leaf of the Common
Nettle Urtica dioica. They can be found from March onwards but more commonly in April/May and July/August.
Larva:
The larvae hatch in 7-21 days. The mature larvae vary in colour from yellow to black, most frequently yellow,
closely covered in black speckling and short hairs. There is a black mediodorsal line bordered by clear
ground colour, and two broken bands of yellow along each side. Spiracles are black and ringed with yellow.
The early instars remain together and spin a tent by drawing together a few leaves at the top of the plant
with silk into which they retreat to live, moult and feed. They move on to form a new retreat on fresh nettle
leaves as each leafy tent is consumed.
By the final instar in May/June (1st brood), and July/August (2nd brood) they become more solitary.
The larval stage takes approximately 4 weeks after which the larvae enter the pupal stage.
Pupa:
The pupa hangs vertically downwards from vegetation or walls or under ledges about a metre above ground,
suspended from a silken pad by its cremasteral hooks.
Adult:
The adult emerges in 2-4 weeks. The second brood of Butterflies, that emerges from pupation from mid-August
onwards, enter hibernation between mid-September and November. They overwinter in sheds, attics
and in houses and resume activity the following Spring. Mating takes place after overwintering and eggs are
laid from March onwards.
SB800 in shoot through umbrella on left +1.0
SB900 sitting on a table bouncing off the cieling
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Shot for Sonoma Family Life Magazine.
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Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Neuroptera
Family=chrysopidae
Genus=Plesiochrysa
Species=ramburi
Binomial name=Plesiochrysa ramburi
Common name=Green Lacewing
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Tortricidae, Olethreutinae
Cryptaspasma helota
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Insecta: Lepidoptera
Geometridae, Larentiinae
Orthonama obstipata
Tai Yeung Che, Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, Hong Kong
SB800 in shoot through umbrella on left +1.0
SB900 @ 12mm aimed at his face.
Shot for Sonoma Family Life Magazine.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pararge
Species: P. aegeria
Binomial name
Pararge aegeria
Habitat: The Speckled Wood is widespread and common in Ireland seen typically along woodland clearing, hedgerows and fields.
This species is double brooded and possibly treble brooded
Larval Food Plant: Numerous grasses such as -
False Broom Brachypodium sylvaticum
Yorkshire-fog Holcus Ianatus
Flight Time:
Two to three overlapping broods which may be seen from
April to October
Hibernation: May overwinter in larval or pupal states
This species is territorial and patrols a beat. The male has a band of androconial scales on its forewing.
Life Cycle of the Speckled Wood
Ovum:
The glossy pale yellow eggs are c.0.8 mm high and flattened at the base. They are laid singly on the blades of
a wide range of grasses in April or May and again in the summer. Hatching occurs between 8-23 days,
depending on the temperature.
Larva: On emerging, the larvae do not always eat the eggshell but remain close to it on the leaf.
They feed inwards from the margins of the leaf to the midrib.
The first brood larvae feed by day and night and are fully grown in 25-30 days when they enter pupation.
The larvae of the late summer brood are unusual in that they either hibernate as larvae or pupate before
hibernating and therefore can be found overwintering in either state.
It has been found that when the autumn is cool, larvae emerging from eggs as early as mid-August remain
in the larval stage and overwinter in this state. While in warmer temperatures larvae emerging as late as
the end of September develop rapidly enough to pupate in November and overwinter in this state. These
pupae hatch the following spring producing butterflies as early as March but more usually in April and
May. While the overwintering larvae do not produce larvae until later in spring. This larval stage lasting
at least 7 months.
Pupa: The duration of the pupal stage is variable and dependant on temperature and time of year. In summer it may
be as short as 10 days, but in the overwintering pupal stage it can last roughly from November to April.
The pupa is attached by cremasteral spines to a silken pad spun on the underside of leaves of the foodplant
or adjacent vegetation. The cast larval skin is always attached to the pupa.
Adult:
Adults can emerge continuously from April to mid-October. There tends to be an overlap among different
generations and in warm summers there may be three broods with old worn specimens still on the wing
in October.
Both sexes feed on the honeydew of ash, oak and birch or nectar from ragwort. Mating and ovipositing
take place from April onwards.
The outer margins of the females wings are more rounded and the creamy-yellow patches usually larger
than the males althought there is a marked seasonal variation in bothe sexes.
The oblique band of blackish androconial scales in the centre of the male forewings are difficult to see.
Insecta +
Coleoptera +
Polyphaga +
Cucujiformia +
Chrysomeloidea +
Chrysomelidae +
Timarcha +
Timarcha (Timarcha) balearica (Gory, 1829)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Polyommatus
Species: P. icarus
Binomial name
Polyommatus icarus
Habitat: The common Blue is widespread and common.
It is double brooded.
Larval Food Plant: Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Flight Time: Mid-May to mid-August/September
Hibernation: Overwinters as a larva.
The upperwings of the male Common Blue are a pale violet-blue with a silvery-blue colour towards the body.
The upperwings of the female varies from brown to deep violet-blue and have a series of black-bordered orange cresent shaped marks at the outer margins.
Both sexes have a distinctive clear white fringe.
The underside of the male is grey with a silvery-blue at the base which is more marked on the hindwings. There are a series of white-ringed black spots followed by a series of orange spots at the outer margins. There are similar white-bordered black spots and a white-bordered black bar more medially.
The ground colour of the female's underwings are brown and slightly bolder in colour than the males, often with more well developed orange spots, which are larger and more pronounced.
Life Cycle of the Common Blue
Ovum:
The small white disc shaped eggs, measuring up to 0.6 mm in diameter, are laid singly on the young terminal
leaflets of Bird's-foot-trefoil and other leguminous food plants, and hatch in c.9 days.
Larva:
The fairly stout larva measures up to 13 mm in length, tapers towards the extremities and is flattened
towards the sides. The body is green with a darker green mediodorsal line and whitish lateral stripe below
the level of the white spiracles. The small glossy head can retract into the body. The setae are light brown
dorsally and white laterally. On the upper surface of the 10th segment there is a honey gland.
The larva feeds on its food plant by day and the first generation is fully grown in about 6 weeks and
goes on to pupate. But those of the second generation overwinter , probably in their third instar, about
late Septrmber/early October. They hibernate low down on the stem of the food plant or on leaf litter.
It is often seen tended by ants who are attracted by its honey-like secretions, a feature seen in other members
of the Lycaenidae family. Feeding is resumed late March or early April of the following spring.
Pupa:
Pupation of the overwintering larva occurs about April but later in summer for the following generation(s).
This occurs at the base of the food plant or sometimes on its lower stem under a few strands of silk.
Some are buried by ants and it may occasionally be seen inside an ant's nest under a stone.
The pupal stage lasts c. 14 days.
Adult:
The adult is on the wing by mid-May to early July and again in late July to early September and
later for further generations.
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Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Hymenoptera
Family=Formicidae
Subfamily=Formicinae
Genus=Camponotus(Mayr,1861) ID to Owen65
Species=capito?
Binomial name=Camponotus capito(Mayr,1876) ?
Common name=Sugar ant
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Odonata
Suborder:Zygoptera
Family:Coenagrionidae
Genus:Coenagrion
Species:C. pulchellum
Binomial name
Coenagrion pulchellum
Preferred environment: fens, mesotrophic pools and lakes and coastal drainage ditches. In Ireland most abundant on mesotrophic pools and small sheltered lakes. Often abundant on cutover raised bogs.
Flight period: beginning of April to mid-August. In Ireland from the beginning of May to the beginning of August.
Adult habitat and habits: adults stay close to breeding sites resting and feeding in marginal and surrounding vegetation. Mating happens in surrounding vegetation.
Oviposition site and behaviour: pairs arrive at oviposition sites in tandem. Female oviposits in plant tissues, including old leaves of water lilies, Elodea spp, Mentha aquatica and Potamogeton spp.
Larval habitat and habits: eggs hatch after c 1 month. Larval development in south of range completed in 12 months.
Emergence behaviour: on marginal vegetation
Range: central Europe. Absent from most of Iberia, southern Italy, Greece and Mediterranean islands. In Scandinavia as far north as central Finland.
Widespread and common. Adult flight period is from May to the end of August. A common and widespread species, especially on cutover bogs where it is usually the most abundant damselfly species. Also found on lowland lakes and ponds. This species is much more general here in Ireland than in Britain, where it is generally uncommon.
This species is similar to the Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella and the Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum with which it coexists. However the males of the Variable Damselfly are comparatively darker (due to more extensive black markings) and appear more slender.
KEY IDENTIFICATION FEATURES
Extensive black markings on thorax and abdomen
The pronotum has a pronounced trilobate hind margin (see comparison of pronotums of blue damselflies)
The U-shaped black marking on the second abdominal segment is normally joined to the black ring at the posterior edge
In males segments 4-6 have less blue/more black than in Coenagrion puella and the blue dorsal thoracic stripes are always waisted and form an exclamation mark!
In the female there are two colour forms, blue and green. In the blue form there is a black patch on the second abdominal segment shaped like a "mercury" mark,in the green form it is more thistle-shaped. However some Azure females Coenagrion puella have a similar pattern.
Location: San Cristóbal, Táchira. Venezuela.
Unknown species 016 Curculionidae (2–3 cm aprox.)
Gorgojo marrón claro, beige y blanco.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae (Latreille, 1802)
Genus: ?
Species: ?
Formicidae, Myrmecia nigriscapa, Bull Ant. Location: Australia, Victoria, Wilson's Promontory National Park, Lilly Pilly Gully. Survey: Wilsons Prom Bioscan 2011.
Insect -
Common Name: Honey Bee
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Plant-
Common Name: Rosemary
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Rosmarinus
Species: R. officinalis
Class: Insecta.
Order: Lepidoptera.
Superfamily: Papilionoidea.
Family: Nymphalidae.
Subfamily: Limenitidinae.
Tribe: Limenitidini.
La Limenitis reducta, en castellà Nimfa de los arroyos, fa honor al seu nom i passa moltes estones al costat de l'aigua dels rierols.
Li agrada prendre el sol amb les ales esteses damunt de les fulles dels arbustos.
El color de les seves ales varia en funció de l'angle amb què els raigs de sol les il·luminen.
Li agrada molt el nèctar de les flors de l'esbarzer (Rubus ulmifolius).
L'eruga s'alimenta de diferents lligaboscs i xuclamels (Lonicera sp.).
La Limenitis reducta, conocida como Ninfa de los arroyos, hace honor a su nombre y pasa muchos ratos cerca de los arroyos.
Le gusta tomar el sol con las alas extendidas sobre las hojas de los arbustos.
El color de sus alas varía en función del ángulo con que los rayos de sol las iluminan.
Le encanta el néctar de las flores de la zarzamora (Rubus ulmifolius).
La oruga se alimenta de diferentes madreselvas (Lonicera sp.).