Lúnasa - August

One Beetle recognises another Beetle. (It takes one to know one.)

Listen to a synthesised speech version of the Irish calendar caption:

Feithidí Wordfinder

Find these insects in the grid below. The clues are in English, but you are required to translate and find them in the grid 'as Gaeilge'. The words are all arranged horizontally or vertically (not diagonally).

Clicking on the (?) will reveal the word in the grid.

Practice quiz

INSTRUCTIONS: Using your card, work through these questions in the Practice Quiz to review knowledge about insects.

Flash Cards

These Flash Cards deal with Insects:

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Further reading

These books are dealing with the subject of Insects:

Feithidí - Litríocht
Treoir leis na feithidí a bhíonn le feiceáil sa teach, sa gharraí, sa chathair agus faoin tuath a aithint. Córas simplí bandaí daite ann a léiríonn an cineál feithide atá I gceist. Tá léaráidí daite d'fheithidí agus le na larbhaí a bhaineann leo sa leabhar, maille le léarscáileanna dáileacháin agus eolas achomair ar an ábhar.

This book illustrates the different species of insects you would find in the house, in the garden , in the city and out in the country.

Bechbretha - Litríocht
The text in this edition touches on many legal topics, and provides information on the important subject of comaithches ‘co-operative farming’, and should also be of assistance to those interested in the early history of bee-keeping in Ireland and Britain.
Contains Text, Translation, notes, Index of Irish words, index of Proper names, and an index of Welsh and Breton words. With English translation.