Great recording being done around Ladybirds with all records going on to inform Biodiversity Ireland #LadybirdAtlas2025 Looking forward to exporting the September data next week.

🚨Dataset Update🚨 Our Ladybirds of Ireland dataset has recently been updated, with now 17,307 records across 33 species. Another update will be coming shortly once the data for September has been validated. All records will go on to inform our #LadybirdAtlas2025 project.

Another great day of recording by Ciarán below for #LadybirdAtlas2025 Remember if you see any ladybirds, you can submit your sightings here: records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/ladybir…

Excellent recording by Owen (below) for #LadybirdAtlas2025 18-Spot Ladybird only has 86 records in our Ladybirds of Ireland dataset, so great find all round!

22-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) from Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) with powdery mildew at Dunleckney Parish Churchyard, Carlow earlier this week. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Hieroglyphic Ladybird (Coccinella hieroglyphica) from Ballycrinnigan Bog, Carlow earlier this week. Two reddish individuals, not sure if common, but I've had similar coloured individuals once before in the Blackstairs Mountains. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus) from raised bog at Drummin_bog yesterday. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Great recording by Ciarán (below) for #LadybirdAtlas2025 - there are currently only 86 records on our system for 18-Spot Ladybird and only 21 records for Scymnus suturalis.

An incredible find by Leon van der Noll (Leon van der Noll - Corkwildlife). The first modern record of Water Ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata) in Ireland and a remarkable find. It will be interesting to see if this species turns up anywhere else in the near future. #LadybirdAtlas2025

An incredible find by Leon! Ladybird recording has certainly has been exciting these past few years. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Recording for #LadybirdAtlas2025 today around Nurney, Dunleckney, Newtown & Fenagh produced (clockwise from top left) - Coccidula rufa, 10-spot, 14-spot, 22-spot, Rhyzobius litura, Larch, Scymnus suturalis & 7-spot (not illustrated).

Couple of hours recording for #LadybirdAtlas2025 today around Myshall & Bagenalstoen, Carlow. Highlights were 18-spot (reflex bleeding & teneral individuals) & couple of Scymnus suturalis off pines near Dunleckney Cross.

A quick bash of some Scots Pines in Craigavon, Co. Armagh during lunch produced 9 18-spot Ladybirds, 3 10-spot Ladybirds and 3 Scymnus suturalis. It was nice to find a pupa of the 18-spot as well, which was something I'd never found before. #LadybirdAtlas2025

More excellent recording by Ciarán for the #LadybirdAtlas2025 - also shows the importance of visiting un-recorded or under recorded areas.

18-spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata) tapped from Scots Pine along Blessington Lake at Valleymount, Wicklow last week. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Our #LadybirdAtlas2025 project is a perfect way to get involved with recording during #HeritageWeek2024 Why not keep an eye out for our 3 most common species, which are 7-Spot, 14-Spot and 22-Spot Ladybirds, all pictured below. Submit sightings here: records.biodiversityireland.ie/record/ladybir…

Larch Ladybird (Aphidecta obliterata) adult & larva tapped from Scots Pine on the shores of Blessington Lake near Ballyknockan. #LadybirdAtlas2025

Surveying for #LadybirdAtlas2025 yesterday in O00, a hectad with no ladybird records turned up Heather Ladybird & Hieroglyphic Ladybird early on in a few sweeps of wet heath near Granabeg. 7-spot, 10-spot, 14-spot, 22-spot, & Larch ladybirds also from hectad around Ballyknockan.

More great recording by Ciarán below for #LadybirdAtlas2025

Quick sweep around Rathgall Hillfort near Coolkenno, Wicklow today produced 7-spot (on Yarrow), 14-spot (swept from grassland) & 2-spot (larva off oak). #LadybirdAtlas2025