A few weeks ago I was invited to join a Berkeley entomology class out in the field for the weekend. Our destination was the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve; one of the newest reserves to the University of California system located just outside of San Jose on Mount Hamilton (map below). It was a joint spider and beetle class trip, hosted by Charles Griswold and Dave Kavanaugh respectively. And despite a frost on Saturday night we managed to find some interesting insects. You’ve already seen my images of the Scaphinotus (Carabidae), but here is a larger set of images from both myself and colleague and fellow blogger Tamas Szuts.
Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae?
Pholcidae : likely Pholcus sp.
Salticidae: Phidippus sp.
Salticidae: Phidippus sp.
Salticidae: Phidippus sp.
Lycosidae sp.
Lycosidae sp.
Erebidae: Spilosoma vestalis
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