The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 40
(published 1 December 2023, print circulation May 2024)
| Monaghan, N.T. | The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos L.) in Ireland. | 1-19 |
| Lucy, J. and Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. | Horsehair worms (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) of southern Irish rivers and streams. | 20-30 |
| Smiddy, P., Saich, C. and Duffy, B. | Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) numbers on the tidal reaches of the Munster River Blackwater, Co. Waterford. | 31-33 |
| Sleeman, D.P. and Whitaker, A. | Other mammals at setts of European Badgers (Meles meles) in a vaccination area. | 34-39 |
| Hodge, S., Maher, S. and Stout, J.C. | Notes on the use of ‘bee hotels’ by stem-nesting Hymenoptera in three County Dublin orchards. | 40-44 |
| O’Hagan, M.J.H., McCormick, C.M., McBride, K.R., Kirke, R.W. and Menzies, F.D. | Visits to badger (Meles meles) setts by other animals. | 45-49 |
| Sleeman, D.P., Whitaker, A. and Savage, V. | Observations of badgers in the Burren, Co. Clare. | 50-54 |
| Levesque, S., Daly, M., Dillane, E., O’Donovan, J., Gomez-Parada, M. and Berrow, S. | First confirmed record of a Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima (Owen)) in Ireland. | 55-59 |
| Ó Catháin, D. | New Records for Killarney Fern (Vandenboschia speciosa (Willd.) G.Kunkel) and Tunbridge Filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Sm.) in Co. Clare (H9). | 60-64 |
| Roche, J. and Doherty, T. | Historical records provide evidence of ancient woodland at the Glen of the Downs, Co. Wicklow. | 65-69 |
| Sweeney, P.G, Cwikula O. and Kearney O’Sullivan, T. | Population structure and reproduction of the Common Yabby (Cherax destructor Clark) (Decapoda, Parastacidae) in an Irish lake. | 70-73 |
| Reidy, D.T. and Bond, K.G.M. | Herbivory of an invasive aquatic plant by an invasive insect in Ireland. | 74-78 |
| Smyth, N. and Lynn, D. | The ecology and conservation of Moore’s Horsetail (Equisetum x moorei) at its type location in Co. Wicklow. | 79-84 |
| Smiddy, P. | Bird and mammal scavengers on east Cork and west Waterford roads. | 85-88 |
| O’Callaghan, S.A., Ní Shuilleabháin, A. and Lyne, J.M | Seals sighted in the lakes of Killarney . | 89-94 |
| Speight, M.C.D. and Malcolm, A. | Lapposyrphus lapponicus (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Ireland. | 95-99 |
| O’Connor, J.P. | Update on the Irish naturalist, author and explorer Bernard O’Reilly (1776-1827). | 100-107 |
| Campbell, C., Kelleher, C.T. and Leahy, J. | Favolaschia claudopus (Singer) Q.Y. Zhang & Y.C. Dai, a basidiomycete fungus new to Ireland from Co. Cork (H3). | 108-111 |
| Devery, F. and Singer, D. | Dark-red Helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Blesser) in Co. Offaly (H18). | 111-112 |
| Delaney, L. | A re-appearance of medusae of the freshwater Peach Blossom Jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankaster) in Lough Derg. | 112 |
| Barry, P. | Goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata Spengler) on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) waste washed up on Irish shores. | 113-115 |
| Flores Bonilla, A.A. and Hunt, L. | Large European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) findings in the Portmagee Channel, Co. Kerry, SW Ireland. | 115-116 |
| Nolan, M. | First Irish records of a rare bog spider, Heliophanus dampfi Schenkel (Araneae, Salticidae), from Glengarriff Nature Reserve, Co. Cork. | 116-119 |
| Corcoran, F., Bentov-Lagman, S., Flynn, O., Finegan, M., Vainio-Matilla, L., O’Leary, K., Swanwick, H., and Baars, J-R. | The attachment of Dreissena rostriformis bugensis on Nitellopsis obtusa in two lakes on the River Shannon, Ireland. | 120-122 |
| Minchin, D., Flynn, O. and Baars, J-R. | An unexpected vector in the transmission of the Quagga Mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) (Bivalvia). | 122-123 |
| Overy, P., Moran, J. and Byrne, D. | First record of Elaphrus uliginosus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from blanket peatland in Co. Galway. | 123-124 |
| Mantell, A. | First Irish record of Lathbury’s Nomad Bee (Nomada lathburiana (Kirby, 1802)) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and records of Nomada goodeniana (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). | 124-125 |
| Hubert, J. and van Achterberg, K. | Survey of aphid parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae), with first record of Aphidius urticae (Haliday, 1833) in Ireland. | 125-126 |
| Mc Kenna, R. | Pristiphora leucopus (Hellén, 1948), a sawfly new to Ireland. | 126-128 |
| Beckett, O. | First record of the non-native ladybird species Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Ireland. | 128 |
| Clarke, J. | Behavioural observation of male Sabre Wasps (Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus)) aggregating at a tree in Belvoir Park Forest, Co. Down. | 129-130 |
| Clarke, J.J.R. and Beckett, O. | First records of the endangered Blunt-jawed Nomad Bee (Nomada striata Fabricius, 1793) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Northern Ireland for over 100 years. | 130-131 |
| O’Hanlon, A. | First female specimen of the rare wasp Barylypa propugnator (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) taken from a new locality in Ireland. | 131-132 |
| Mc Kenna, R. | Pristiphora conjugata (Dahlbom, 1835), a sawfly new to Ireland. | 132-134 |
| Murray, B. | A 2003 survey of the bees and aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera) from Glending Wood, Co. Wicklow. | 134-136 |
| Beckett, O. | The first records of the Adonis Ladybird (Hippodamia variegata) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Ireland. | 137-138 |
| Byrne, C. and O’Sullivan, J.E. | Ligurian Leafhopper (Eupteryx decemnotata Rey, 1891) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) new to Ireland from Cos Galway, Cork, Carlow and Laois. | 138-140 |
| Byrne, C. and Power, B. | Nysius huttoni F.B. White, 1878, a lygaeid bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) new to Ireland from Co. Carlow. | 140-141 |
| Mitchell, R. | Agathomyia cinerea (Zetterstedt, 1852) (Diptera: Platypezidae) new to Ireland. | 141-142 |
| Power, B., Hamilton, J. and Anderson, R. | Cassida vittata de Villers, a tortoise beetle (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) new to Ireland from Co. Kerry. | 143-144 |
| O’Hanlon, A., Larter, N. and O’Donnell, B. | Notes on the Box-Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Ireland, with observations on breeding and rapid distribution increase. | 144-145 |
| Nelson, B. and Byrne, C. | Non-native Hemiptera associated with Rhododendron in Ireland including first records of Tupiocoris rhododendri (Miridae, Dicyphini). | 145-146 |
| O’Hanlon, A., Beckett, O. and Lush, M.J. | Lasius psammophilus (Seifert, 1992) replaces L. alienus (Förster, 1850) on the list of Irish ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the study of museum specimens. | 146-148 |
| McGrath, D. | Mass mortality of Three-spined Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758) in Lough Bunny, Co. Clare, in July 2021. | 149-151 |
| Parry, N. | Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis L.) possible drowning due to pooled water on refugia. | 151-152 |
| O’Connor, B. | Observations of the feeding behaviour of Black Throated Divers (Gavia arctica) off Black Head, Co. Clare. | 152 |
| Smiddy, P. | Woodpigeons (Columba palumbus L.) and Stock Doves (Columba oenas L.) feeding in a saltmarsh. | 152-153 |
| Rees, D. and Smiddy, P. | Otter (Lutra lutra) feeding on carrion. | 154 |
| Boaden, M., Hulshof, R. and Sleeman, D.P. | Caravanning Greater White-toothed Shrews (Crocidura russula) in Co. Wexford. | 154-156 |
| Levesque, S. and Berrow, S. | Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2022. | 156-166 |
| Sleeman, D.P. | Review: The Badgers of Wytham Woods. | 167-168 |
| Little, R. | Review: Plant Atlas 2020: Mapping Changes in the Distribution of the British and Irish Flora. | 169-169 |
| Quigley, D.T.G | Review: Inshore Fishes of Britain and Ireland. | 169 |
| Feeley, H.B. | Review: Portal: Otherworldly Wonders of Ireland’s Bogs, Wetlands & Eskers | 170 |
| Murphy, A. | Review: Wild Embrace. | 170-171 |
| Plant, C. | Review: Where the wildflowers grow: my botanical journey through Britain and Ireland. | 171 |
| Anderson, R. | Review: Atlas of the Centipedes of Britain and Ireland | 172-173 |
| Marnell, F. | Review: The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife – Britain and Ireland between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution. | 173-174 |
| Feeley, H. | Review: Wild Waters – The Magic of Ireland’s Rivers and Lakes | 174-175 |
| O’Hanlon, A. | Review: Bibliography of Irish insects (1802-2020). | 175-176 |
| Feeley, H.B. | Review: Aquatic plants of Northern and Central Europe including Britain and Ireland. | 176-177 |
| Shiel, C. | Obituary: James Stewart Fairley 1940-2023. | 178-180 |
| O’Connor, J.P. | Obituary: Patrick Ashe 1954 –2022. | 180-182 |
| Monaghan, N.T. | INJ Grant 2022. | 183 |
| Monaghan, N.T. | INJ Student Awards 2021-2023. | 183 |