I say, these butterflies look rather busy
Éanna Ní Lamhna on mating rituals, a shrew having a bad fur day, and a fine photograph of a hummingbird hawkmoth
Éanna Ní Lamhna on mating rituals, a shrew having a bad fur day, and a fine photograph of a hummingbird hawkmoth
Éanna Ní Lamhna outlines the plight of a majestic bird and clears up confusion around the ichneumon
Eanna Ní Lamhna on whether a particular ladybird is good or bad, a blackbird with a white head and a rare violet sea snail
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the yellowtail caterpillar, the field grasshopper and a spider known by many names
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers queries on blue tits, navelwort, uniquely Irish butterfies, dogfish egg cases and a pipistrelle bat in a glass
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the colourful bumblebee, declining linnets, and coots in UCD
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the red damselfly, the May bug and the barrel jellyfish
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the common carder bee, a rudely disturbed lizard, and a very fine stonechat photograph
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a golf-watching otter, a fungus called King Alfred’s cakes, and pond skaters
Eanna Ní Lamhna on how to handle moths that want to make a meal of the food in your kitchen, the mice at risk from your lawnmower, and a bee-bashing bird
Éanna Ní Lamhna on apple thieves, the Burren’s strange beauties, and the pheasant’s introduction
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the Leisler’s bat, a clawless crab, and an invasive ladybird
Éanna Ní Lamhna on sand martins, the peacock butterfly and a dead frog
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the hawthorn shield bug, underground bees, and the red-listed yellowhammer
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the scarlet elf cup, plastic pollution and a Kiwi invader
Éanna Ní Lamhna on how to report dead birds, a bone of contention, and an imported lizard
Éanna Ní Lamhna on rats’ incisors, the house martins and a suspicious sparrowhawk
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the smallest bird in Ireland, an invasive moth, and the fluted bird’s nest fungus
Éanna Ní Lamhna identifies and explains readers’ other unusual nature findings
Eanna Ní Lamhna answers readers' queries about jackdaws bearing gifts, a curious shell and a couple of frogs who got carried away
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on unusual geese, flying sea creatures and unfamiliar fungi
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on wasp-nest raiders, early-nesting goldfinches and curlew feeding habits
Éanna Ní Lamhna on Irish jays, the blackcap’s call and a non-dinosaur tooth
Éanna Ní Lamhna on a woeful woodcock, a perished pipistrelle bat and a radiant redshank
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the angle shades moth, dog’s vomit mould and strange slime underfoot
Eanna Ní Lamhna on gulls, the amethyst deceiver and caterpillars of the pine processionary moth
Éanna Ní Lamhna on fungus lining a lakeside path, a plant used as a laxative and diuretic, and unsegmented thunderworms
Éanna Ní Lamhna on the territorial robin, abundant-berry folklore and the unusual-looking but harmless triggerfish
Éanna Ní Lamhna on fungi, a marine worm and whooper swans
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