Ireland's Incredible Invertebrates!

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TL;DR: All things about Irish insects and invertebrates. An Irish naturalist sharing experiences, education and enthusiasm. Harvestman validator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre. Founder of https://microwild.org Call me: Brian

Andrena clarkella female
A screenshot of the invertopia.ie website showing a wolf spider image behind the text and graphics.
Argonemertes dendyi, and the tip of a ball-point pen!
Male Andrena clarkella
Me signing my name for the community members of DeafVillageIreland.ie while the amazing Caroline O'Leary looks on.
A pseudoscorpion feasting on a bark louse
Artioposthia exulans, a terrestrial flatworm
Mitostoma chrysomelas harvestman
A Torymus species wasp laying an egg
A pseudoscorpion on a white background
A hand drawn image of a bumblebee with some information
Chrysis ignita agg. wasp
https://www.gbif.org/species/2203739 A distribution chart showing A. nasatum's distribution in European countries.
Armadillidium nasatum woodlouse from the side
An adult sheep tick in a dormant state
A 2mm long jumping spider sitting on a stone
The face of a brown hawker dragonfly
A white crab spider sitting on a thistle flower head
Meta menardi (Cave Spider)
Trochosa species spider
Rilaena triangularis harvestmen
Nabis limbatus
A female Mitopus morio harvestman covered in parasitic mites.
a tiny green Siphonoperla torrentium stonefly
A Barred Straw Moth resting on an egg carton
An 11-spot ladybird habitus from the side
A Flame Moth sitting on a twig
A Riband Wave moth with its wings outspread, sitting on a twig. Its left hind wing is torn from the bottom almost to the top
A woodlouse on a piece of wood with the front half of its exoskeleton shed and sitting in front of it.
A Tipula maxima cranefly is being held with one wing between my fingers.
A brown terrestrial flatworm, about 2cm long when fully elongated, with a black eye visible on its anterior - close up
A Mitopus morio harvestman looking at the camera face-on.
A male twin-lobed deer fly with metallic green eyes in focus
1. Poplar Hawk Moth This one didn't even bother to get in the moth trap, instead it somehow landed on my friend Fiona's leg.
A poster for the Working with Nature Awards
Stunningly coloured and patterned Mitopus morio harvestman from the front. This is a long-legged species.
four images of Rhinoceros beetles
A flatworm on a white background, attached to some detritus
A female newt resting on my fingers
A graph showing that the species gets only a couple of records a year on an irregular basis
A male Coelioxys inermis sitting on a white background
A Xysticus species spider with an ant in its jaws.
The Common Sexton Beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, resting on a white tissue. The beetle is black with orange stripe patterns on its elytra
Showing bugs to families
A faded and well-worn Bombus lapidarius queen (Red-tailed Bumblebee) habitus
female Mitopus morio harvestman
A flyer for a talk on wasps in Tallaght library
Rhagio scolopaceus, the Downlooker Snipe Fly, sitting on a wooden poist with its head facing toward the ground.
An orange-tip butterfly egg attached to the stalk of a Cuckoo Flower
Ctenicera cuprea, Coppery Click Beetle, a dorsal view against a white background.
A water measurer bug sitting on a white background
Can't include a description because it will give away the answer - but I promise I'll write a follow-up giving lots of detail.