This was a very active, tiny worm (see pine needles for scale) in the deep leaf litter under pine and oak. It was out moving around after a lot of rain. It moved like a leech, getting very skinny at the front end when reaching out then getting thick when the rest of the body caught up. I have a video.
Western diamondback, 10 vials crofab.
rhyolitic talus, shaded ravine
Pima Co.
very abundant
male palp clearly does not conform to icenoglei (lacking the "invaginated triangle" from any angle) despite proximity to nearby record, female genitalia yet to be dissected
This is one of the largest Orthonops I've seen, females equal to zebra and males larger than icenoglei. very vibrant
fresh eggsacs pink, seemingly fading to tan/brown
collected w MA Leimroth
"""tree ants"""
This insect is deep inside a moist cave about 30 feet below ground. Tree roots penetrate this dark space.
Under oaks. This one is DNA sequenced.
So purple! Probably associated with the chihuahua pines but there were also nearby silver leaf oaks.
New bag of buns… not sky island’s fault (they buy from Costco). Local biodiversity!
In a limestone cave, near bottom of descent where there is wet mud, water, and some organic input such as ringtail feces. Sphinx cave is closed for restoration. This observation was made during a work trip repairing damage in a sensitive area of the cave.
Lots of colonies with lots of queens (~4 on average) under rocks.
This keys out to pulchriceps in the North American boletes book. Smells nice! Oak and pine woods.