A new event just dropped, and it's a big one...

Join us for a Family Bug Safari with a twist. This time, we're collaborating with @collieennis.bsky.social and The Critter Shed podcast to make this a day you won't forget.

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@ashwhiffin.bsky.social
Hey Ash, would you be able to help I.D. these beauties?

Irelands largest scarab beetle.
The cockchafer. 💚🪲

What an amphibi-mazing day we had yesterday in microWild as we talked about Irish amphibians and reptiles for the afternoon. @collieennis.bsky.social introduced us to the Irish fauna (native and non-native), and then we visited the pond for some up-close, hands-on education and observation.

REMINDER: This coming Sunday, April 13th, @collieennis.bsky.social will come to microWild to talk about Irish amphibians.

Don't miss out on this wonderful learning opportunity from a national treasure.

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I've seen more native bees and butterflies in the last week than I did all last summer.
Very encouraging! 🦋🐝

And @collieennis.bsky.social featured in my presentation at @tcddublin.bsky.social today...

A wise man once told me, "Get your eye in!" But he shouted it, and it was in a Crumlin accent, so it sounded more like a threat than sage wisdom. But we love him anyway... 🙂

Please welcome @collieennis.bsky.social of #TheCritterShed fame to bluesky. I was just relistening to the #InYourNature Collab episode on herons yesterday so it seems to be great timing for a #SundaySlowdown share 1/2

Still plenty of male frogs looking for action in my ponds.
🐸🐸💚💚💚🐸🐸

I never tire of viewing centipedes up close. They are fearsome predators whose first set of legs evolved into a set of venomous jaws.
My good friend @collieennis.bsky.social calls them 'Murder Ropes', and with good reason...
Stunningly beautiful all the same.

Intresting observation in one of my wildlife ponds last night. A rat predating on a male frog.
Rats are incredibly resourceful and intelligent, this one has figured out that male frogs are so preoccupied with breeding that they become easy prey.
Cage trap will be set tonight.

Another new microWild event just dropped, and it will be absolutely ribbiting! 🤦‍♂️

Join us for a half-day workshop on Irish Amphibians, led by the "Gentleman Naturalist" himself, @collieennis.bsky.social.

🐸🐸We'll have plenty of frogs and newts in the pond, too! 🐸🐸

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We're back!!
Really enjoyed making this episode of the Critter Shed at @microwildhq.bsky.social with the brilliant Bryan Murray, talking about the wonderful world of Harvestmen.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Links below!
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Rhododendron removal.

Perfect moult for this Asian forest scorpion. Interestingly, the discarded exoskeleton still fluoreses under U.V. light.