A few from the house and garden

[davholla]

A hibernating caterpillar found on the grass
EF7A0088caterpillar_01 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Dicranopalpus ramosus again second time this year I have seen it which is a lot more than never in the past, this is an unusual pose for this harvestman
EF7A9976Harvestman by davholla2002, on Flickr
A very small mite about 0.2 mm long - this was in my stick insect cage


EF7A0169mite by davholla2002, on Flickr

Beetle larva

EF7A0107beetlesstack4 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[ChrisA]

Varied selection of finds David. The first is a very nice colourful shot. Where did you find the beetle larvae - would of thought they'd be difficult to find now.

 

[davholla]

Varied selection of finds David. The first is a very nice colourful shot. Where did you find the beetle larvae - would of thought they'd be difficult to find now.

Thanks for that.
I was tidying up fallen leaves in the garden and checking a bit of it before it goes into the compost heap and found both the beetle larva and caterpillar.
My son decided to go cycling the other day and I took a torch and found the harvestman in the front garden when we came back.

 

[GardenersHelper]

A good set David, and nice to have the information about them too. At 0.2mm I'm surprised you even found #3. As a photo the last one is my favourite - good clarity and lots of detail with the DoF placement being so good.

 

[Norkie]

Excellent set, I never considered a caterpillar to hibernate, dunno why?

 

[davholla]

A good set David, and nice to have the information about them too. At 0.2mm I'm surprised you even found #3. As a photo the last one is my favourite - good clarity and lots of detail with the DoF placement being so good.

It was a bit of luck, I saw something and had a look at it. Fortunately for the last one it stayed still so I could get a stack. If only its friend in this photo had been so kind -
EF7A0101Beetle by davholla2002, on Flickr

Sadly springtails never pose when they are next to something else.

 

[davholla]

Excellent set, I never considered a caterpillar to hibernate, dunno why?

I had heard about it before - apparently butterflies and moths overwinter in one of eggs,larva,pupa and adult - and last winter had seen the same species before - still not got an id-
I found another one of a different species but it didn't come out so well.
EF7A0142-4Caterpillarstack3 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[GardenersHelper]

It was a bit of luck, I saw something and had a look at it. Fortunately for the last one it stayed still so I could get a stack.

Oh, it was a stack (I should have looked at the filename). That is very good.