2025 September 2 morning
Here is a collection of Ian Cooper’s photographs of the miscellaneous often-unseen creatures at our feet.
Callobius pictus (Ara.: Amaurobiidae) and
Orchesella cincta (Coll.: Orchesellidae)
Ian Cooper
The presence of the springtail shows how small the spider is.
Globose springtail Ian Cooper
Lauria cylindracea (Pul.: Lauriidae) Ian Cooper
Ian writes: One recurring scene I’ve encountered a couple of times recently are Dampwood Termites who are on the move, alive and still have their wings, but upon closer scrutiny, are missing their abdomens. I felt badly for the poor struggling termites I’ve seen in this condition. I have to assume these doomed critters had fallen prey to very recent attacks by ground beetles or Carpenter ants, as I’ve seen both of those predators dragging along captured Dampwood Termites in recent days.
Dampwood Termites with missing abdomens
Ian Cooper
Invert Sightings 