Competition time. Photos of hibernating ladybirds with location email to ladybirdFota Wildlife Park.ie. All will be put into a draw. Irish Examiner @fotawildlife @uccBEES Cork Independent Cork's 96FM

Competition time... 8 Days to go. Send in your Feb ladybird records. See the attached. @uccBEES Fota Wildlife Park Irish Examiner EchoLive.ie Cork's 96FM @CorkNatNetwork An Taisce Irish Wildlife Trust

Help needed looking for ladybirds UCC Ireland @uccBEES Cork Healthy Cities Fota Wildlife Park Cork Independent Irish Examiner The Irish Times

Great opportunity to enter a competition and learn more about ladybirds Fota Wildlife Park Irish Examiner The Irish Times UCC Ireland @uccBEES The Heritage Council @irishgarden @PeterDowdall

A great opportunity to help research ladybirds. In Ballincollig Glanmire noticeboard Cork Independent Biodiversity in Schools @GMITConsBehav @uccBEES Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park 🍃

Look for ladybirds in your garden and enter a draw for many prizes. including a family pass for Fota Wildlife Park...Fota Wildlife Park @uccBEES Irish Examiner Glanmire noticeboard MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory

If anyone sees any congregations of ladybirds do let us know at [email protected]. Irish Examiner Irish Independent The Irish Times

Orange ladybirds hibernating.

Kidney spot ladybird. Often found on Ash trees. Let us know if you find any.

Ladybirds survive in an inactive state of arrested development known as diapauses. Most protect themselves against freezing temperatures by producing an antifreeze. This helps them to survive the winter.Fota Wildlife Park @uccBEES

22 spot ladybird. A mould eating ladybird....

Now is the time to start looking out for ladybirds. If you see any do let us know at [email protected].

Fantastic win of the RTÉ and National Botanic Gardens Eye on Nature competition by Larry Doherty for his photograph of an Orange Ladybird. The picture, taken in April last year, is of a tiny ladybird - only 5mm in size -at Cabragh Wetlands in Thurles, Co Tipperary.

If you see any ladybirds please let us know. We would love to hear from you and see your records. Please share the poster below. Thank you. Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Fota Wildlife Park Irish Examiner The Irish Times @irishgarden

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Take part in our virtual Easter egg hunt 🥚🐇🐰🐣 Below is a picture of what you should look for and the starting point is our rabbit article, which is linked below. You could be in with a chance of winning a year-long Cork Nature Network membership if you find all 5 Easter eggs.

Find out more about the All-Ireland Ladybird Survey and the research project by Gill Weyman gill weyman behind it - echolive.ie/wow/arid-40281…

Any sightings of Harlequin ladybirds congregating for hibernation? If so please email [email protected]

Help put the trees in West Cork on the Map!🌳 The prize is a book on trees by Peter A. Thomas 📖 Take a picture, fill in the details on the web link below and upload!📸 corknaturenetwork.ie/the-west-cork-… 👉 Deadline is 8th November at 5pm. Only entries of trees taken in West Cork please!

Very disturbing that the expert independent Review of NPWS by Micheál Ó Cinnéide and Jane Stout is being ‘edited’ or “mitigated”? for Cabinet, before the public can see it. Did the Review not meet Departmental expectations, or did it expose chronic, embarrassing flaws? 1/4