INJ Volume 35 Part 1

The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 35, Part 1 (published 9 July 2016)

  • The Northern Stone Crab (Lithodes maja) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) in Irish and UK waters.
  • Sixteen species of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) new to Ireland with records of some other rarely recorded species.
  • Expansion of range in the Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) in Co. Waterford: 1994-2009.
  • Evidence of poor diet quality in the small-bodied Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) on Rutland Island, Co. Donegal.
  • Smooth-hound Shark (Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1819): live strandings in Irish and UK estuarine waters.
  • An assessment of the Bunduff machair habitat and its utilisation by wintering waders.
  • A comparison between the butterfly communities on cutaway peatland habitats.
  • First record of a Sea-Coconut seed (Manicaria saccifera Gaertner) (Arecaceae: Palmae) from Irish waters.
  • A new record for the alien invasive plant Crassula helmsii (Kirk) Cockayne (New Zealand Pigmyweed) in Co. Wexford, H12.
  • Golden Dock (Rumex maritimus L.): distribution and conservation problems in East Cork (H5), and records of an associate native species, Red Goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum L.).
  • The Summer Truffle (Tuber aestivum Vittad.) (Pezizales, Ascomycota) at Straidkilly, Co. Antrim (H39).
  • Henslow’s Swimming Crab (Polybius henslowii Leach) in the diet of Blue-fin Tunny (Thunnus thynnus (L.)) in Irish waters.
  • ‘Rose Coral’ Pentapora foliacea (Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida: Bitectiporidae) in Irish waters.
  • Pristina foreli (Piguet, 1906), a freshwater oligochaete worm (Haplotaxida, Naididae) new to Ireland.
  • Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847), a freshwater oligochaete worm (Haplotaxida, Naididae) new to Ireland.
  • Notes on two echinoderms (Leptometra celtica (McAndrew and Barrett, 1858) and Thyone inermis Heller, 1868) in Irish waters.
  • Recent records of the White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in Co. Cork.
  • The Comma (Polygonia c-album) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) breeding in Ireland, with notes on larval development.
  • Oriental Fruit Moth (Grapholita molesta (Busck)) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) a second Irish record.
  • Second Irish record of the Braconid wasp Glyptapanteles octonarius (Ratzeburg) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
  • An Irish record of Bombus vestalis (Geoffroy, 1785) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae), after 88 years.
  • The Plum-tree Longhorn (Tetrops praeustus) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in Co. Limerick.
  • A further record of the Bogue (Boops boops (L.)) from Irish waters.
  • Live stranding of Common Dolphin-fish (Coryphaena hippurus L.) on Garrettstown Strand, Courtmacsherry Bay, Co. Cork.
  • Leathery Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) records from Cos Waterford and Cork.
  • Bronze Age Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) from Co. Clare caves.
  • A novel prey item, Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) in the diet of otter (Lutra lutra) in the River Lee, Co. Cork.
  • Review of: ‘Atlantic Hazel’ by Sandy and Brian Coppins.
  • Review of: ‘Atlas of British and Irish Hawkweeds (Pilosella L. and Hieracium L.)’.
  • Review of: ‘John Scouler (c.1804-1874) Scottish naturalist: a life, with two voyages’.
  • Review of: ‘Britain’s Dragonflies, a field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland’.
  • Review of: ‘Guide to the dragonflies and damselflies of Ireland’.
  • Review of: ‘The wildflowers of Ireland, a field guide’.
  • Review of: ‘Ireland’s generous nature – the past and present uses of wild plants in Ireland’.
  • Review of: ‘Insects of Ireland, an illustrated introduction to Ireland’s common insect groups’.
  • Review of: ‘Banner Rocks – The geological heritage of County Clare’.
  • Review of: ‘Atlas of British and Irish Bryophytes’.