2025 January 11

Here’s a selection of creatures photographed by Ian Cooper in View Royal last night.

Soldier beetle larva  (Col.: Cantharidae)   Ian Cooper

    Jeremy Tatum writes:  This could easily be mistaken for a moth caterpillar.   Indeed, I did so myself once, and would probably have done so again if Ian hadn’t pointed out that this is a soldier beetle grub.

Possibly a juvenile Cybaeus sp. (Ara.: Cybaeidae)   Ian Cooper

Forest Spider  Pimoa altioculata (Ara: Pimoidae)   Ian Cooper

• Possibly a juvenile Beaded Lancetooth snail, Ancotrema sportella  (Pul.: Haplotrematidae)
  Ian Cooper

Tiny snail, possibly a Dot Snail   (Ara.: Punctidae)   Ian Cooper

Grey Field Slug  Deroceras reticulatum (Pul.: Agriolimacidae)   Ian Cooper