Wolf Babies & a couple of Springies.

Paul Iddon

Managed to grab a quick shot of a mother wolf spider with some babies on her back as she dashed up along the side of the wheelie bin in the garden today - and then from underneath where the bin had been, found a couple of springies too.





Paul.

Stumblebum

What a catch! That's an education! Thanks for sharing Paul!

Paul Iddon

Stumblebum wrote: »

What a catch! That's an education! Thanks for sharing Paul!

Thanks SB

Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul,

I have some Wolf females with egg sacs so I may get a chance to capture a similar image.

The large springtail is Orchesella villosa. I think the small ones are Isotomurus.

You also seem to have a mite in the extreme bottom right. There may also be a pale, shiny one between the faces of the lower isotomid and the Orchesella. The latter could be a shiny stone.

Harold

Paul Iddon

Thanks for the ID confirmations and for looking. I can actually count 5 springtails (not sure about counting mites though).


Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul Iddon wrote: »

Thanks for the ID confirmations and for looking. I can actually count 5 springtails (not sure about counting mites though).


Paul.

Paul,

I see a very tiny fourth one, an isotomid, but no definite fifth one.

Harold

Paul Iddon

There is a bluish stone just short of half way across from the top left. Just down from that there are two patches of golden brown coloured stuff - and below the right hand one, upside down you will see the antennae of the mystery 5th one...


Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul Iddon wrote: »

There is a bluish stone just short of half way across from the top left. Just down from that there are two patches of golden brown coloured stuff - and below the right hand one, upside down you will see the antennae of the mystery 5th one...


Paul.

Maybe. I see the shapes. The left (image orientation) one looks more mineral than springtail. The other one looks more convincing but I can't see to what, if anything, it is attached.

Harold

Paul Iddon

Here's a crop further to that area in the attachment

Paul.

e6filmuser

Paul Iddon wrote: »

Here's a crop further to that area in the attachment

Paul.

OK. I'm convinced. On a percentage basis, of what you can see and what you can't, that one is absent.

Harold

Lord Vetinari

Lovely captures Paul - not seen any wolfies carrying babies here yet.
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian

Half a dozen here, but just 1 so far with spiderlings.


Paul.

IPClark

Nicely done mate. Captured a wolfy this evening myself but not with brood

Paul Iddon

Cheers Ian

Paul.