If you are unsure what species you have there are a few different things that you can do:
- Try your best to identify the species yourself and try not to hastily post photos up of your mystery species online.
- Refer to local or regional guides. Learning to identify species takes time to learn terminology but by going through guides, it’ll benefit you in the long run.
- Consider purchasing some of our identification guides available through our online shop
- Refer to the National Biodiversity Data Centre resources
- Try posting on an online forum, Facebook has lots of groups dedicated to species identification such as Insects/Inverts of Ireland and Moths Ireland