2025 June 20

2025 June 20

  Here are some photographs from Ian Cooper’s Solstice photoshoot at Colquitz River Park.

Limax maximus (Pul.: Limacidae)  Ian Cooper

Female Western Earwig  Forficula dentata  (Derm.: Forficulidae)
 Ian Cooper

Medetera sp. (Dip.: Dolichopodidae)  Ian Cooper

Protolophus niger (Opiliones:  Protolophidae)  Ian Cooper

Enoplognatha ovata  (Ara.: Theridiidae)  Ian Cooper
With prey – another spider?

Woodlouse Hunter Spiders (in copulaDysdera crocata  
(Ara.: Dysderidae)  
Ian Cooper

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

Privet Leafhopper Fieberiella florii  (Hem.: Cicadellidae)  Ian Cooper

   

Here’s a selection of photographs by Aziza Cooper taken locally in the last few days.

Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep.: Tortricidae)  Aziza Cooper

  

A first report of the year of an Essex Skipper, from Maber Flats:

Essex Skipper  Thymelicus lineola (Lep.: Hesperiidae)
  Aziza Cooper

Ants at Swan Lake   (Hym.: Formicidae)     Aziza Cooper

Misumena vatia  (Ara.: Thomisidae)  Aziza Cooper


Strophiona (probably tigrina) (Col.: Cerambycidae)  Aziza Cooper
Identified by Scott Gilmore