Biodiversity Week 2023- Let's Notice, Care and Enjoy

It’s National Biodiversity Week.

Let’s celebrate some Cloonlarge Loop wonderful wildlife with some Citizen Science photos taken in May 2023.

We were lucky to spot the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk Moth (Hemaris tityus) pictured below. It is a day-flying moth that mimics a large bumblebee.  A lively and fast flier. thats not too easy to photograph.  It is very hairy with two distinctive reddish bands.  And look at those long, clubbed antennae! We are reliably informed that this moth is now considered scare, so we are thrilled with this find.

 The record was submitted to the National Biodiversity Data Centre.