Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Entomology Update - March 2026

Some warm spring days but plenty of frosts - a varied month with the season moving on.


Field observations of cyclic metamorphosis in entomology.  

We're drowning in tiny wasps. With some help I've figured out what's going to happen next. 

Apolygus - simplified
Apolygus is a tricky genus, but the impact of a new paper (if widely accepted) simplifies things.

Notable Finds

Asaphes vulgaris - first record for VC55
Euplectrus bicolor - first record for VC55
Psilocera obscura - first record for VC55

News from Elsewhere

We all know it's been wet, but how wet exactly?

Urban Spiders
A new paper shows that Steatoda nobilis and Zygiella x-notata typically made up more than 80% of the urban spiders in an Irish survey.

It's not the reason we thought!


Oak Beauty, Biston strataria




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