Donegal Wildlife

The fungal season is well underway, and I found a new species for my list on my first little foray of the year. This is the Earth Fan - Thel...

There are a few people who are always on the lookout for new species for me. A 'phone call alerted me to the presence of a "quair n...

This Common Frog - Rana temporaria - was wandering across my lawn. It looks to have had a decent summer, stocking up on its winter reserves...

The fungal season is almost upon us, and I'll have to swap in that part of my brain again. Fungi are, of course, with us all year round,...

The last couple of posts were about Ichneumonids, which are parasites on the larvae of other insects. This Tachinid Fly is another: Tachinid...

Ichneumonids are parasitic wasps which lay their eggs directly into the larvae of butterflies, moths, flies and sawflies, although some are ...

In February , I posted about hyperparasitic Ichneumonids, and yesterday the story took a further amazing twist. To summarise, the Ichneumoni...