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Identify insect

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  • #102
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 870 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    :pac: just after taking a second look now. It’s a bit uncanny alright!

    Looks like a brilliant website, very interesting!


  • #103
    fryup
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    saw loads of these little critters this morning on my back patio..any ideas?

    beetle2.jpg


  • #104
    Tiercel Dave
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    Looks like some form of Water Beetle, are you near a river\lake? Maybe flying at dusk and attracted to the light.....


  • #105
    MfMan
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    Not an insect I know, but one of the largest spiders I've seen here in the wild, (though pic magnifies it a bit). Any ideas what it is?

    https://ibb.co/djr9ygg
    https://ibb.co/1rjKvkt


  • #106
    Ulmus
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    Raft spider: https://iwt.ie/species-of-the-week-raft-spider/


  • #107
    MfMan
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    Ulmus wrote: »
    Raft spider: https://iwt.ie/species-of-the-week-raft-spider/

    Thanks; spotted near bogland alright.


  • #108
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Can anyone identify what these are?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113973777&postcount=632


  • #109
    Alun
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Can anyone identify what these are?

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113973777&postcount=632
    Flying ants. happens every year around this time.

    The poster obviously has an ants nest inside their wall and they're getting out through small cracks where the pipes enter the wall.


  • #110
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Alun wrote: »
    Flying ants. happens every year around this time.

    The poster obviously has an ants nest inside their wall and they're getting out through small cracks where the pipes enter the wall.

    The ones with the wings are queens? Is it easy to get rid of nests inside of the walls?


  • #111
    New Home
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    No, they're not queens, afaik. They also tend to drop their wings after they have swarmed. They probably have a nest under the building; you won't get rid of the whole thing, you can however make them choose a different exit point by spraying insecticide through that gap, but often they'd just disappear from there after they've flown off.


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  • #112
    Alun
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    They're just ants with wings, a mixture of queens and males, and the idea is that they all fly off somewhere and start a new colony.

    Squirting insecticide into their current exit point usually just makes them move to, or create, a new one, believe me. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt-etc.!!

    We've had them crawling up from a nest underneath our hot press where the heating pipes go under the floor, and we've had them in three different walls in our conservatory as well as under paving slabs and in a couple of large planters.

    The only thing that worked for us was Nippon bait boxes. You put a few drops of poison liquid bait in a small plastic container with holes in it and place it in the path of the ants as they leave the nest to go and forage. You have to be really patient, and make sure to clean out and re-bait the trap every day for about two weeks, but if you're consistent with it they will eventually die off. The bait is sweet and the ants think it's food and take it back to the nest to feed the young. A bit of ant spray around the entrance helps too I think.

    Ideally you'd start all this long before they get to the stage that the flying ants appear though.


  • #113
    New Home
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    I agree, they will just find another exit point, but what I meant was that if you keep disrupting their preferred routes they'll eventually find a route outside, which is grand as long as they don't get back in. It won't be resolved in just one go, you'd have to be persistent. I doubt you'll get rid of the whole colony, though, even with poison.


  • #114
    Alun
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    Well I can only speak from experience, and I have a lot :D


  • #115
    New Home
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    Is this you? I thought I'd recognise you from somewhere... :D

    o-GIANT-ANTEATER-facebook.jpg


  • #116
    Alun
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    I wish I had a tame one of those sometimes :D He wouldn't go hungry here!


  • #117
    SwordofLight
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    My house has lots of these little nasties - I'm hoping they are not the dreaded false widow spider? Anyone have any idea?


  • #118
    Thargor
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    SwordofLight wrote: »
    My house has lots of these little nasties - I'm hoping they are not the dreaded false widow spider? Anyone have any idea?
    The iSeek app agrees with you anyway, how many is lots? :eek:

    DBDOvuO.jpg


  • #119
    SwordofLight
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭SwordofLight


    OMG thanks for your valuable input Thargor! Time to take these spiders seriously now! Yes there are at least 2 or 3 in each room, a range of sizes. I find they are more intelligent than other spiders, in that when you get close they retreat at a quick speed into the shadows, whereas the house spiders don't budge much, although some are clever enough to get out of the way of the hoover. Crikey, I'll be itching all night now! Will have to go on a killing spree!


  • #120
    Thargor
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    Well wait for a more knowledgeable opinion than mine but its not looking good, and bear in mind that if it wasnt for media hysteria we wouldnt be so worried about them, how many people have actually been bitten by them?

    Id definitely have no problem paying for an expert if it was my house though. Let us know how you get on...


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  • #121
    SwordofLight
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    Killed three of them today, they were under the skirting, I've never seen a spider move so quickly. Pleasingly saw a normal house spider wrapping up a silverfish it caught, having a nibble which would send the silverfish into wriggles, wrapping it again, then doing a pointing behaviour into the silver fish, then trying again. Fascinating.


  • #122
    Thargor
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    Are there a lot of silverfish and other species like that? Thats their food source.


  • #123
    SwordofLight
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    Thargor wrote: »
    Are there a lot of silverfish and other species like that? Thats their food source.

    Oh crap really? No wonder they're under the skirtings. Actually I'm thinking of putting lots of permethrin around the perimeters of each room. That kills the lot I think, silverfish and spiders. The way I see it, the silverfish are in massive numbers and the false widows will only multiply as long as they are being fed, so the problem will never cease.


  • #124
    Thargor
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    Yeah mainly crawling insects instead of flies apparently, a good hoover would be a good idea aswell, in corners and compressed spaces like skirting boards.


  • #125
    SwordofLight
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭SwordofLight


    OMG another one, not sure about this fella but think it's a bit more normal?!


  • #126
    dodderangler
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    SwordofLight wrote: »
    OMG another one, not sure about this fella but think it's a bit more normal?!

    House spider
    Decent one at that


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  • #127
    SwordofLight
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    Yep he is a good size, he got a free pass


  • #128
    wanderer 22
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    caterpillar.jpg

    Hi all,

    came across the attached in Fermanagh yesterday; any thoughts on what type of caterpillar it might be? Apologies if it's very obvious..I have zero insect knowledge but thought it looked unusual :)


  • #129
    Thargor
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    Probably Emperor Moth or Small Emperor Moth:

    https://www.facebook.com/IrishWildlifeTrust/posts/species-of-the-weekemperor-mothsaturnia-pavoniathe-spectacular-emperor-moth-is-n/10155485765525104/


  • #130
    Thargor
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    SwordofLight wrote: »
    Yep he is a good size, he got a free pass
    Hows your False Widow problem?


  • #131
    SwordofLight
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭SwordofLight


    I'm killing them when they're somewhere close to a living space or clothing or food etc, anywhere I might put a hand or bare foot by accident and attract their wrath. Much happier knowing what the hell they are! That app you have is amazing


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  • #132
    dodderangler
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    SwordofLight wrote: »
    I'm killing them when they're somewhere close to a living space or clothing or food etc, anywhere I might put a hand or bare foot by accident and attract their wrath. Much happier knowing what the hell they are! That app you have is amazing

    Why kill them? They won't do any harm. Theyll keep the other pests at bay.


  • #133
    New Home
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Why kill them? They won't do any harm. Theyll keep the other pests at bay.


    For once, I wholeheartedly agree with you.


  • #134
    Thargor
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    Something that could put you or the kids in hospital and is also an invasive species? I never kill anything always trap and release but Id make an exception for these.


  • #135
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    Something that could put you or the kids in hospital and is also an invasive species? I never kill anything always trap and release but Id make an exception for these.

    Several species out there coukd potentially leave you in hospital. Its down to your reaction. A bee sting could kill you if you are allergic! Doesnt mean we go out and kill the bees now does it?
    A false widow is not aggressive that it bites randomly. Even ive held black widow spider in my hand without being bit. Theyre not a naturally aggressive species so don't worry about being bitten


  • #136
    Thargor
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    Bees arent invasive and nowhere near as venomous as a False Widow though, bees are a massive plus to the ecosystem, false widows are invasive and detrimental to native species. Bees are in decline and to be protected, Id be delighted to see a hive in my garden, false widows are spreading rapidly with no real natural predators to stop them, no praying mantises or large reptiles like they'd find in their home range. I would have no problem eradicating them from my home like any other invasive species anyway, just wouldn't have them.


  • #137
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    Bees arent invasive and nowhere near as venomous as a False Widow though, bees are a massive plus to the ecosystem, false widows are invasive and detrimental to native species. Bees are in decline and to be protected, Id be delighted to see a hive in my garden, false widows are spreading rapidly with no real natural predators to stop them, no praying mantises or large reptiles like they'd find in their home range. I would have no problem eradicating them from my home like any other invasive species anyway, just wouldn't have them.

    Youre missing the point. False widow venom is not a threat. It is our bodies that take a bad reaction. Simple as. The same as a bee sting. Our bodies react different. A wasp or bee sting can kill depending on the person. You coukd be bitten 20 times and be fine. But the person beside you could be bitten once and die.


  • #138
    Thargor
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    No you're missing the point, the OP doesnt want a venomous invasive species in his house and neither would I, even if it wasnt venomous I would still get rid of it purely because its an invasive species and its breeding in the house in large numbers.


  • #139
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    No you're missing the point, the OP doesnt want a venomous invasive species in his house and neither would I, even if it wasnt venomous I would still get rid of it purely because its an invasive species and its breeding in the house in large numbers.

    all spiders are venomous mate! Its how they eat.


  • #140
    ForestFire
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    Looking to ID this little spider.... False widow?

    Out in back garden today...


  • #141
    Thargor
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    all spiders are venomous mate! Its how they eat.
    Give it up mate, you made a stupid comparison between killing an invasive species with a nasty bite breeding in significant numbers inside their house to killing native bees, stop embarrassing yourself.


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  • #142
    dodderangler
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    ForestFire wrote: »
    Looking to ID this little spider.... False widow?

    Out in back garden today...

    Lace orb


  • #143
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    Give it up mate, you made a stupid comparison between killing an invasive species with a nasty bite breeding in significant numbers inside their house to native bees, stop embarrassing yourself.

    comparison i made is that the venom effects people different ways. Just like a bee sting! Lay off the cans and Run back to the circus mate. Must be missing you at this stage.


  • #144
    Thargor
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    comparison i made is that the venom effects people different ways. Just like a bee sting! Lay off the cans and Run back to the circus mate. Must be missing you at this stage.
    You compared someone killing an invasive species breeding in their house with going out and killing native bees, dont bother lying about it on top of your stupidity:
    dodderangler wrote: »
    Several species out there coukd potentially leave you in hospital. Its down to your reaction. A bee sting could kill you if you are allergic! Doesnt mean we go out and kill the bees now does it?
    Would you leave a beehive going in your house if one got going out of interest?


  • #145
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    You compared someone killing an invasive species breeding in their house with going out and killing native bees, dont bother lying about it on top of your stupidity:
    Would you leave a beehive going in your house if one got going out of interest?

    Run along mate. Smoke that pipe of yours. Clearly you need it. Im done lowering my iq to talk to someone of your intelligence.
    Apologies to those reading this as he has clearly been triggered by me making a point he can't understand.


  • #146
    ForestFire
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Lace orb

    Thanks

    They are similar to the false window, are they?

    What's the main difference in telling them apart?
    Or is it obvious but I'm just not seeing it.


  • #147
    Thargor
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Run along mate. Smoke that pipe of yours. Clearly you need it. Im done lowering my iq to talk to someone of your intelligence.
    Apologies to those reading this as he has clearly been triggered by me making a point he can't understand.
    Haha forgot you made that genius contribution did you? Maybe hold off on the Mensa application for another while.

    Yeah go ahead OP, let the invasive spider species thats many times more venomous than our native species and lives 5 times longer breed in large numbers in your bedrooms, dont you know that native bees have venom aswell so its totally the same thing?


  • #148
    dodderangler
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    ForestFire wrote: »
    Thanks

    They are similar to the false window, are they?

    What's the main difference in telling them apart?
    Or is it obvious but I'm just not seeing it.

    Stubbier darker legs and a larger abdomen. Have a few in my shed. Seems to be like a war between them and the big house spiders out there.


  • #149
    DesperateDan
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    1-0 to Thargor


  • #150
    Kat1170
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    all spiders are venomous mate! Its how they eat.

    Eh, almost, but not quite all.


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  • #151
    dodderangler
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    Thargor wrote: »
    Haha forgot you made that genius contribution did you? Maybe hold off on the Mensa application for another while.

    Yeah go ahead OP, let the invasive spider species thats many times more venomous than our native species and lives 5 times longer breed in large numbers in your bedrooms, dont you know that native bees have venom aswell so its totally the same thing?

    Youre a clown seriously. No read this nice and slowly so its sinks into your thick skull.
    The venom of a false widow is not toxic to kill however depending on how the persons body reacts to it. Some people have a much stronger immune system that it won't do any harm. However if someone takes an allergic reaction ti the venom it can do serious damage..... exactly like a bee sting or a wasp sting!!!
    Now if your thick skull cannot understand that then dont bother replying because I'm done dumbing myself down for a clown like you!!


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