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On 1st. February 1925 I took a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] Vespa vulgaris [[/underlined]] under a stone beside the cairn on summit of Prince William's Seat. (alt. 1828 feet) on the Dublin - Wicklow boundary. The soil round about was quite frozen and the wasp showed no sign of life, but had "come round" slightly by the time I got it home. The wings were folded along the [[underlined]] under [[/underlined]] side of the abdomen, so that their tips just covered the sting, while the legs & antennae were carried in a pendant position something like that assumed in the pupal state. NB. It may be worth noting that on 27th Jun. 1924 I took the remains of a [[female symbol]] [[underlined]] V. sylvestris [[/underlined]] under a stone of the cairn on summit of Seecairn, 2,131 feet, in Co. Dublin.
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8th March. J. P. Brunker reported willows in flower below Newtown Muntkennedy, Co. Wicklow.
15th March 1925. Many willows out near Greystones & [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] seen at [[female symbol]] tree there. None out in Glenasmole, but a few just showing flower!

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Sunday 22nd March 1925.
A fine day, with hot sun but very cold NE. winds in morning, following heavy snow showers on Sat. evening & Sunday morn.
At 12 noon I captured a [[male symbol]] [[underlined]] Andrena nigroaenea [[/underlined]] in sandpit at Knockmaroon [[insertion]] ^ (DU) [[/underlined]] during a sunny spell. The willows along the Liffey here were not yet in bloom!
In the afternoon in Glencullen (WI) I saw several [[2 male symbols]] [[underlined]] andrenae [[/underlined]] flying round a [[male symbol]] willow bush during a sunny spell about 4 p.m. as well as several [[underlined]] Bombus lucorum [[/underlined]] & one [[underlined]] B. terrestris [[/underlined]] [[2 female symbol]]. One of the Andrenas was I think [[underlined]] A. gwynana [[/underlined]], but the others seemed larger & was possibly [[underlined]] A. clarkella [[/underlined]]. The [[2 virgin female symbols]] of [[underlined]] Formica fusca [[/underlined]] were very active & I saw one carrying home a small [[underlined]] Julus [[/underlined]] sp. Many "unhatched" dead bees were dug out of old burrows & with one of these was a dead [[underlined]] Braconid [[/underlined]] - this may be [[underlined]] Gyrocampa [[forcola?]] [[/underlined]] [[Hal.?]] but I am doubtful about it! A.W.S.

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I've checked species names I'm familiar with. Anything I'm unsure of is in [[?]] -@siobhanleachman the first question mark I'm pretty sure was Liffey, knockmaroon is on the banks of it and the writing does look like double f to me. could not decipher the species at the end there. I managed to get the genus via eol but http://eol.org/pages/73794/overview can't locate the species. -@siobhanleachman