Species Database

Each hyperlink below goes directly to a 'Species Profile' or 'Family Profile' page. I describe each species as it is found locally. These profiles will build up into a database of Donegal Wildlife as I currently see it.

Butterflies

Anthocharis cardamines  Orange Tip

Vanessa atalanta - Red Admiral

Holly Blue

Pieris rapae - Small White

Pieris brassicae - Large White

Moths

Zygaena filipendulae Six-Spot Burnet

Euthrix potatoria The Drinker

Glyphipterix simpliciella Cocksfoot Moth

Celypha lacunana

Nonagria typhae Bulrush Wainscot

Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix

Phlogophera meticulosa Angle Shades

Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker

Plants

Hypericum androsaemum  Tutsan

Hawthorn

Hypericum pulchrum   Slender St. John's Wort

Spotted Orchids

Blechnum spicant  Hard Fern

Fungi

Amanita phalloides Death Cap

Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric

Amanita rubescens

Entomophthora muscae

Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Odonata

Common Blue Damsel

Aeshna juncea Common Hawker

Trees

Ash

Sycamore

Coleoptera

Cassida rubiginosa Thistle Tortoise Beetle

 

Sawflies

Hemichroa crocea

 

Family profiles

Soldier beetles

Speedwells

Ladybirds

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