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
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.
Scientific survey for fisheries research
Gros Isopodes. Exceptionnel dans les chaluts à crevettes à 282 mètres de profondeur.
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.
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
At one of the bird hides in the Arid Lands Gardens
Идентификация предварительная, поскольку самец вида пока не описан. Мне не с чем сравнивать.
Это тот же паучок, что в этом наблюдении, но уже после линьки, взрослый. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194731161
Walls of concrete stairwell above beach after sunset.
On decaying log in riparian Acer Quercus woodland. Males and females were present, with males patrolling the log surface.
Under stone in litter, shallow slope under Quercus agrifola. An egg appears to be stuck near the flagellum.
Update: Dr. Monjaraz-Ruedas pointed out that the egg is too small for a schizomid, and is probably from a parasitoid.
Observation for the egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160617888
Abundant on underside of coralline algae encrusted cobbles. Dark purple individuals were frequently observed clinging to translucent individuals, as shown in the second image. Not sure of this is some kind of courtship behavior.
Body length 1.3mm. Originally posted on BugGuide (https://bugguide.net/node/view/2225989) and ID'ed to family with suggested genus of Puliciphora.
Pitfall trap baited with dead frog. One of my favorite bugs ever!
Puparium in sap of Pinus tree on upper bank of lake. Adult eclosed 6 Feb 2024.
I...think this name fits the best, but don't really get how its Tapinoma. the original description mentions about the 4 gastral segents etc, but I don't really think thats that relevent as Technomyrmex also often have only 4 visible
Common under stones on Selaginella and moss covered ground, in Artemisia Salvia scrub.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2329684
If the small knob along the mesal palp surface is the palpgenu oncophysis (last image), this would be Parateneriffia based on Mirza et al. 2023 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13233736).
Petrolisthes cabrilloi host beneath cobbles of rocky upper beach. Of the 11 crabs I examined from one stone, four had visible externa.
From thin film of water over algae covered rock in upper intertidal zone, below freshwater drainage outlet. Appears to have 9 claws per leg.
Under large stone in cobble bed overlying sand. No callianassid shrimps were observed in the immediate area, though they were likely here.
Crevices of mine shaft walls, abandoned mine in mixed coniferous forest.
Under stone in damp granite alluvium. Ravine with Washingtonia palms.
Under stones in damp granite alluvium. Ravine with Washingtonia palms.