Anyone else noticed spring’s early arrival? Readers’ nature queries

Mike Hodder, Fountainstown, Co Cork

It’s an ichneumon parasitic wasp, specifically ichneumon xanthorius, which is a predator of moth and butterfly caterpillars. There are other similar ichneumons. found these guys curled up dead in my sunroom. They were about 4cm long. –They are white-legged snake millipedes, also called black millipedes. They normally live in leaf litter and feed on detritus and surface algae.I found this lobster tag issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in 1997-1998.

Despite the cold snap this month, spring came in January in many parts of the country. Tara Robinson reported honeybees, celandines, catkins in flower and hawthorn leaves in Kerry. Pascal Desmond had dandelion flowers and seeds in Wexford. Mike Egan had bees on crocuses in Meath, and John Miller saw bumblebees in Bushy Park.

Ethna Viney welcomes observations and photographs at Thallabawn, Louisburgh, Co Mayo, F28 F978, or by email at viney@anu.ie. Include a postal address

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