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Genus ChlorociboriaObserver
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No fruiting bodies just very vivid turquoise stain on exposed tree root
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Mosquitoes (Family Culicidae)Observer
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Incredibly small mosquito species. Common in the garden. It bites. Not a sandfly.
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European Tube Wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella)Observer
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Beerbottle cap to illustrate size
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Growing on ground among grass under aspens
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Stubble Rosegill (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus)Observer
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Growing on bark mulch
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Chocolate Tube Slimes (Genus Stemonitis)Observer
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On wooden bench at Palkowhai Country Park
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Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres)Observer
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Abundantly in bark mulch by seaside
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New Zealand Horned Orchid (Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae)Observer
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Growing among moss on sunny bank by tracside
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Cornsalads (Genus Valerianella)Observer
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A prostrate plant growing on a relatively damp wall. Flowers profuse but incredibly tiny(2-3mm). Superficially like a forget-me-not. Could be Valerianella locusta or Valerianella carinata. The prostrate appearance could be simply that it was growing on a vertical surface.
See also second photo taken in Carlow town showing much more upright, bushier specimen of presumably the same species.
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Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)Observer
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Laneside at Dunamaise
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Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)Observer
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Two yellow specimens mating
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European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis ssp. viridis)Observer
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Photographed by flash at dusk around pond. High-pitched cricket like croaking. Sound bite available.
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Genus BlapsObserver
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Large 2.5 cm. is this female staghorn beetle?
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European Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)Observer
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On the walkway
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Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis)Observer
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Frequent on rocks at fortress Trayanovi Vrata
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Observer
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Tiny wasp-like fly no more than 10mm feeding on Sheep'sBit
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Ground Crab Spiders (Genus Xysticus)Observer
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Spider predating hover fly on Sheep'sBit
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Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)Observer
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On dahlias. Most of the specimens are very small.
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Marmalade Hover Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)Observer
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On dahlia
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German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)Observer
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A wasp catching, killing, decapitating and then flying off with the head of a hover fly. Wasp later returned to take away the body.
