2024 May 18

   More invertebrates from Ian Cooper.  Ian writes that most were photographed at Colquitz River Park in the last couple of days. The crane fly picture was taken by the Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.

 Common striped woodlouse – Philoscia muscorum (Isopoda: Oniscidae)
Ian Cooper

Crane fly (Dip.: Tipulidae)  Ian Cooper

We are grateful to Scott Gilmore for the identification to genus of the click beetle below;

 Click beetle  Dalopius sp. (Col.: Elateridae)  Ian Cooper

Woodlouse Hunter Spider – Dysdera crocata (Ara.: Dysderidae)   Ian Cooper

Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Ara.: Theridiidae)   Ian Cooper

   We are grateful to Scott Gilmore for the identification to family of the bug below;

Dirt-coloured seed bug (Hem.: Rhyparochromidae)  Ian Cooper