The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 41
(published 21 December 2024, print circulation March 2025)
| Ratnieks, F., Kirwan, M., O’Connell, D., Willans, J.M. and Jones, J.C. | Survey of the Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) in the East Coast of Ireland Autumn 2023. | 1-6 |
| Ryan, C., Wilson, P. and Benjamins, S. | Twentieth-century whaling of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) around Ireland until 1977 | 7-17 |
| Nairn, R. | Richard John Ussher (1841-1913): ornithologist and speleologist. | 18-27 |
| Ellis, D.J. | Vegetation community classification to infer protected habitat extent in a turlough Special Area of Conservation in the West of Ireland. | 28-40 |
| Smiddy, P. | Agarophyton vermiculophyllum (Rhodophyta) in Cork and Waterford. | 41-44 |
| Nelson, B., FitzPatrick, Ú., Beckett, O. and Paxton, R.J. | A critical update to the checklist of Irish bees (Hymenoptera, Anthophila). | 45-53 |
| Devery, F. and Lucey, J. | Potamogeton × lanceolatus Sm. (Lanceolate Pondweed) in Offaly and Tipperary. | 54-61 |
| Moore, K., O’Flynn, C., Ross, A., Bell, K., Lusby, J., McCarthy, A., Reid, N., Sleeman, D.P. and Montgomery, W.I. | Status of the non-native Short-tailed Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Ireland. | 62-72 |
| O’Hanlon, A. | Historical records of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Killarney Region, and additional Irish ant records from the entomological collections of Edwin F. Bullock (1879–1965). | 73-77 |
| Mc Greal, E. | Large-flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora Lam.) (H26) and Green-flowered Helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes G.E. Sm.) (H27) in Co. Mayo. | 78-79 |
| Fox, J. | Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus L.) in newly sown commercial grass crops. | 79-80 |
| Ennis, T. | A bee orchid Ophrys apifera forma chlorantha (Hegetschw.) in Co. Down. | 80-81 |
| Smiddy, P. | Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium L.) in the East Cork flora (H5). | 81-82 |
| Daunt, S., Lantry, M. and Lettice, E. | Historic algal herbarium at University College Cork. | 82-84 |
| Flynn, C. | Sphagnum platyphyllum (Lindb. ex Braithw.) Sull. ex Warnst. and Sarmentypnum sarmentosum (Wahlenb.) Tuom. and T.J.Kop. in a flush on the Cooley Mountains, Co. Louth (H31). | 84-86 |
| Power, B. and Doherty, L. | Bilobella braunerae Deharveng, a springtail (Entognatha, Collembola) new to Ireland from Co. Wicklow and Co. Tipperary. | 86-87 |
| Rosell, S., Murchie, A.K. and Allen, P. | Observation of predation of the invasive New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy, 1894)) (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) by Phosphuga atrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Silphidae). | 87-88 |
| Clarke, J.J.R. | Notes on two recently-established non-native harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) in Ireland: Platybunus pinetorum C.L. Koch, 1839 and Opilio canestrinii (Thorell, 1876). | 88-93 |
| Spaans, F., McClure, A. and Anderson, R. | Pityogenes trepanatus (Nördlinger) new to Ireland and records of Polygraphus poligraphus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). | 93-95 |
| Power, B., Byrne, C. and Anderson, R. | Nephus quadrimaculatus (Herbst) a ladybird (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) new to Ireland from Co. Carlow, Co. Kilkenny and Co. Wexford. | 95-96 |
| Byrne, C. and Clarke, J.J.R. | Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee, 1921), a mirid bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) new to Ireland from counties Carlow and Antrim. | 96-97 |
| Byrne, C. | Microterys seyon (Guerrieri), a parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) new to Ireland from Co. Carlow and comments on the genus. | 97-99 |
| Gammell, M. and O’Brien, J. | First record of the Thrift Clearwing moth (Pyropteron muscaeformis) (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Co. Galway. | 99-100 |
| Power, B. and Hamilton, J. | Notoxus monoceros (Linnaeus) an ant-like flower beetle (Coleoptera, Anthicidae) new to Ireland from Co. Kerry | 100-101 |
| O’Hanlon, A. | Irish exotic ants: a checklist and a historical first interception of New York Carpenter Ant (Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1855)) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Dublin. | 101-103 |
| O’Donnell, E. | Chrysocharis purpurea Bukowski, 1938 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) a sawfly parasitoid new to Ireland. | 103 |
| Nolan, M. and Luff, M. | Agathidium atrum (Paykull, 1878) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) re-confirmed in Ireland and verified for four counties. | 103-107 |
| Beckett, O. | The rediscovery of Perkins’ Mining Bee (Andrena rosae Panzer, 1801) (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) in Ireland. | 107-110 |
| Hodge, S. and Brice, D. | The strandline fly Thoracochaeta johnsoni (Spuler, 1925) (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) newly recorded from Irish beaches. | 110 |
| Hodge, S. and Brice, D. | A note on the emergence of the earwig parasitoid Triarthria setipennis (Diptera, Tachinidae) from ‘bee hotels’. | 111-112 |
| Craig, D., Clarke, J.J.R. and Nelson, B. | Spruce Cone Bug (Gastrodes abietum Bergroth) (Hemiptera, Rhyparochromidae) new to Ireland from multiple sites in Northern Ireland. | 112-114 |
| Feeley, H.B. and Baars, J-R. | New records of the stonefly Protonemura praecox (Morton) (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from the southwest and east of Ireland | 114-116 |
| O’Hanlon, A. | Nest of the rare Irish ant Lasius psammophilus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) observed at Howth, Co. Dublin. | 116-117 |
| Nelson, B. | Loricula distinguenda Reuter, new to Ireland and a brief review of the Irish species of Microphysidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). | 117-120 |
| Nelson, B. | Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) a beetle new to Ireland from a moth trap. | 120-121 |
| van der Noll, L., Hamilton, J. and Power, B. | Water Ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Co. Cork, the first Irish records since 1898. | 121-123 |
| Lisovski, E. and Nelson, B. | Spotted Marsh Ladybird (Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783)) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) new to Ireland. | 123-125 |
| Beckett, O. | The first Irish record of the Northern Mining Bee (Andrena ruficrus Nylander, 1848) (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). | 125-127 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. | First records of Crypturaphis grassii Silvestri, 1935 (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae) for Ireland. | 127-128 |
| Dalzell, J. | Contarinia dipsacearum Rübsaamen, 1921, a gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) new to Ireland and its overlooked occurrence in Britain. | 128-129 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. and O’Sullivan Feria, L. | Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae), a micro moth new to Ireland. | 129-130 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. and O’Sullivan Feria, O. | First records of the aphid Liosomaphis berberidis (Kaltenbach, 1843) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) in Ireland. | 130-131 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. | First records of leaf-mining fly Chromatomyia centaurii Spencer, 1990 (Diptera, Agromyzidae) in Ireland. | 131-132 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. | Zelleria oleastrella (Millière, 1867) (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), recorded and bred for the first time on the island of Ireland. | 132-133 |
| O’Sullivan, J.E. | First Irish record of the elm leaf-mining micromoth Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853) (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) from Co. Cork. | 133-134 |
| McNeill, M.T., Gilmour, G. and Harrison, T.D. | A new record of Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax (Lacépède, 1803)) from the Foyle Estuary, Northern Ireland. | 134-137 |
| Markey, D., Finegan, M., Vainio-Mattila, L., Gandola, R., Ó Cathasaigh, É. and Baars, J-R. | Alpine Newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris Laurenti, 1768) using farmland troughs in an agricultural landscape in Ireland. | 137-139 |
| Smiddy, P. and Kelly, T.C. | ‘Smoke-bathing’ and ‘anting’ by the Rook (Corvus frugilegus L.). | 139-140 |
| Smiddy, P. | The geographic position of the Bull Rock (County Cork) seabird colony. | 141 |
| Ryan, C. and Foote, A.D. | Matched images of a lone Killer Whale (Orcinus orca (Linnaeus (1758)) in the Foyle Estuary in 1977 gives clues to its origins and fate. | 141-144 |
| Levesque, S., O’Connor, G. and Berrow, S. | Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2023. | 144-156 |
| Pittini, A. | A specimen of Merocanites subapplanatus Smyth (Cephalopoda) from the Carboniferous of Co. Dublin. | 156-159 |
| Marnell, F. | Review: Sound identification of terrestrial mammals of Britain and Ireland. | 160-161 |
| Smiddy, P. | Review: Bird pellets, a complete photographic guide. | 161-162 |
| Sleeman, D.P. | Review: Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats. | 162 |
| Feeley, H. | Review: Ponds, pools and puddles. | 163 |
| Sleeman, D.P. | Review: Bat surveys for professional ecologists good practice guidelines (4th edition). | 163-164 |
| Cocchiglia, L. | Review: Aquatic plants in Ireland: a photographic guide. | 164-165 |
| Feeley, H. | Review: Step into nature: a chronicle of Irish nature through the year. | 165-166 |
| Monaghan, N.T. | Editorial | 167 |