2024 May 14
2024 May 14
Here are more invertebrates that move around our feet mostly unnoticed, except by Ian Cooper who seeks them out with his camera in the nighttime.
First, a globose springtail. We thank Dr Frans Janssens for confirming Ian’s suggested identification as Ptenothrix maculosa.
Ptenothrix maculosa (Coll.: Dicyrtomidae) Ian Cooper
Next, a slug. Robert Forsyth writes: Possibly Arion hortensis. But tricky, and confirmation requires a rather difficult (for me) dissection. In the Arion hortensis group of species, A. distinctus seems to be the common one in BC (or at least around Victoria, when I was doing the needed dissections to determine species properly). But true A. hortensis is known in BC.
Arion sp. (Pul.: Arionidae) Ian Cooper
Enoplognatha ovata (Ara.: Theridiidae) Ian Cooper
Clubiona sp. (Ara.: Clubionidae) Ian Cooper
Froghopper (Spittle Bug) (Hem.: Cercopidae) Ian Cooper
Culiseta incidens (Dip.: Culicidae) Ian Cooper