Collected at a black light at Southwestern Research Station
These are locally abundant right now.
under large, cold boulders in madrean oak grassland. species ID tentative, specimen sent to Dr. William Shear for confirmation
Rocky intertidal zone during -0.6 m low tide at 4-6am.
Finally made the trip down to see these! One of the coolest psocids in the US imo.
undescribed species from oak woodland
Beneath stones in litter, on steep shaded north exposed slope with conifers and Acer trees.
Surface of shaded stagnant water in polluted drainage beside road. Beneath Quercus agrifolia trees.
Walls of lava tube cave, in Pinus woodland with sprawling manzanita over basalt flow.
Pseudacris cadaverina amplexing Anaxyrus punctatus in palm canyon trailhead water feature
Under stone in small shaded ravine beneath oaks, in Quercus agrifola Platanus woodland. Right chelicera appeared to be malformed, being smaller and dark black apically with no fang.
Beneath stone in forested area within coastal town.
Crossing road overlooking estuarine marsh, at edge of coastal Artemisia-Erigonium-Salvia scrub.
In small sheet web beneath stone at base of Cecropia tree in native garden. Holding first instar larvae.
On leaf litter in forested area beside road.
On branch of unknown tree in forested area beside road.
Beneath stone in native garden of museum.
I was convinced this was not a mantid when I was looking at it in person, but sure enough, it is.
Small and flagellated, fast swimming (probably), really common in the sample but possible becouse of long amout of time between taking the sample and looking at it with microscope.
In mixed brush and riparian woodland along Dry Fork Creek (currently dry). Elevation about 7000’. Roughly 2 ft long. Has been seen on this trail before.
under rocks and woody debris, rich N-facing conifer forest
riverside grasses
this population has lost the red pigmentation found in most H americanus
N-facing conifer forest, deep rock piles; found by @tobiashays
Crawling over wood panel in grass below Rhus shrubs, on edge of estuarine marsh. The abdomen tip slowly swayed side to side while walking. After being perturbed, the abdomen tip gradually curled to make a small spiral.
Burrow in steep soilbank beside road, in open Pinus, Quercus, manzanita forest.
This rattler was devouring a rabbit in Torrey Pines State Reserve on the Marsh Trail.
On stones in riparian woodland bottom.
Growing at edge of pool below waterfall, in mixed conifer Quercus woodland.
Wandering over granite soil on desert shrubland at night.
Wandering over small sand dunes beside road in desert shrubland.
On dead Velella velella
Stuck to the exterior of a multicorer deployed to 906 m bottom depth. Exact coordinates to be supplied later
About 1 to 1.5 ft long
Beneath shrub in desert shrubland.
Check out the tarsal claws on the last leg pair!
Field illustration scan
a field sketch which I "completed" later using my own photos of the subject as refrence
graphite and watercolor
Beneath stone in damp granite alluvium.
under Doug fir woody debris
In small sheet webs in rock pile covered with bryophytes and litter, sw exposed slope overlooking river.
Multiple females were observed on open sandy soil between Larrea and Ambrosia shrubs, during late morning.
The absence of pale appressed setae on the vertex and pronotum dorsum, combined with the pale setae of the legs match the description of T. williamsi in Krombein and Schuster 1957 well.
Juvenile at base of shrub during late morning, desert shrubland.
Two dealate gynes and three workers beneath stone and in duff intermixed with roots, on shaded slope with Pinus, Tsuga, and Calocedrus trees.
Swept from creosote bush
Scientific survey for fisheries research
Gros Isopodes. Exceptionnel dans les chaluts à crevettes à 282 mètres de profondeur.
Common here on deathcamas
Trail in baccharis artemisia malosma shrubland with Quercus agrifolia.
Mating behavior:
Male bumped into female and rapidly grappled with her. This was followed by the male biting the female's genital plate region and massaging the area while walking with the motionless female and stopping for brief periods. After around 1 minute, the female began moving again, using palps to try and move away, while the male continued walking. The total process took around 2 minutes.
Dry rocky area on side of rail tracks, in estuarine marsh.
Caught in PG pitfall trap 15-21 October 2021, 2.5 mm, also posted to BG here:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2068353
Small muscid?
Running over exposed soil bank in Salvia Ceanothus scrub at night.
SW exposed stone overhang at night, in Baccharis Salvia Malosma Ceanothus community above seasonal creek with Quercus.
Vegetation in shaded muddy area beneath Salix. Excited to finally find these flies
Web beneath stone in Quercus agrifolia litter, shaded slope under oaks. Abundant at this location.
anti-penultimate male molting
Multiple adults and juveniles at this location.
Multiple adults and juveniles at this location.
Several workers in stone crevices of SW exposed stone overhang at night, in Baccharis Salvia Malosma Ceanothus community above seasonal creek with Quercus.
The absence of a clear indent along the mesonotum, long propodeal spines, and ground dwelling habit lead me to believe these are T. morongo. I could be wrong though.
Reasonably sure this is a torymid. Swept from a large, fruiting fig tree. Maybe a parasitoid of Pleistodontes fig wasps? (many were also present). Potentially a couple different individuals in this series.
From compact leaf litter between stones in plant bed. Might be Anapistula secreta given the location. 5th image shows the four eyes nicely.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2333501