Winter – Snow – Gallery – Arthropoda

Crowds

Flying

Structural details

Interaction of species

Defense strategies

Insects and their prey

Spiders and their prey

Vegetarians

Parasites and hosts

Offspring

Beetle couples

Fly couples

Wasp couples

Other insect couples

Other couples

Winter

Living from rotten wood

Rotten wood beetles

Rotten wood flies

Rotten wood wasps

Tiny creatures

Winter – Snow

Various interesting specially adapted arthropods can be observed during winter, best when the snow cover stays for longer and thaws just a little from time to time.

Dorytomus-taeniatus 25.02.09-22182-40d — Dorytomus taeniatus imago Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Dorytomus-taeniatus 25.02.09-22189-40d — Dorytomus taeniatus imago Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Tenuiphantes-sp-3 28.02.09-22343-40d — Tenuiphantes sp. adult ♂ Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Tenuiphantes-sp-2 28.02.09-22243-40d — Tenuiphantes sp. adult ♂ Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Tenuiphantes-sp-2 28.02.09-22254-40d — Tenuiphantes sp. adult ♂ Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Stenocranus-minutus 04.12.05-10383 — Stenocranus minutus imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Delphacodes-venosus 20.11.05-10157 — Delphacodes venosus imago V Kirchseeon, Germany, 20/11/2005

Delphacodes-venosus 20.11.05-10161 — Delphacodes venosus imago V Kirchseeon, Germany, 20/11/2005

Chelidurella-acanthopygia 28.01.07-46727 — Chelidurella acanthopygia imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 28/01/2007

Isotoma-viridis 25.02.09-22059-40d — Isotoma viridis Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Isotoma-viridis 25.02.09-22095-40d — Isotoma viridis Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Isotoma-viridis 28.02.09-22267-40d — Isotoma viridis Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Neobisium-sp 25.02.09-22076-40d — Neobisium sp. adult Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Neobisium-sp 25.02.09-22079-40d — Neobisium sp. adult Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Neobisium-sp 25.02.09-22086-40d — Neobisium sp. adult Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Acidota-sp 18.11.07-00394-40d — Acidota sp. imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 18/11/2007

Helophorus-sp-1 01.03.09-22643-40d — Helophorus sp. imago Kirchseeon / Falkenberg / Maria Altenburg, Germany, 01/03/2009

Aphidecta-obliterata 28.02.09-22465-40d — Aphidecta obliterata imago Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Platybunus-bucephalus 28.02.09-22317-40d — Platybunus bucephalus Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Chionea-lutescens 04.12.05-10670 — Chionea lutescens imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Chionea-lutescens 04.12.05-10455 — Chionea lutescens imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Cyclorrhapha-u-11 04.12.05-10550 — Cyclorrhapha (11), not classified imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Boreus-westwoodi 28.02.09-22368-40d — Boreus westwoodi imago ♂ Kirchseeon / Ilching, Germany, 28/02/2009

Boreus-westwoodi 28.01.07-46773 — Boreus westwoodi imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 28/01/2007

Boreus-westwoodi 28.01.07-46761 — Boreus westwoodi imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 28/01/2007

Boreus-westwoodi 28.01.07-46760 — Boreus westwoodi imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 28/01/2007

Tetragnatha-sp 18.02.09-21919-40d — Tetragnatha sp. adult Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 18/02/2008

Pachygnatha-clercki 04.12.05-10424 — Pachygnatha clercki ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Linyphiidae-u-9 18.02.09-21974-40d — Linyphiidae (9), not classified ♀ Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 18/02/2009

Tenuiphantes-cristatus 25.02.09-22015-40d — Tenuiphantes cristatus adult ♂ Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Araneidae-u 25.02.09-22027-40d — Araneidae , not classified ♀ Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Araneidae-u 25.02.09-22026-40d — Araneidae , not classified ♀ Kirchseeon, Lipplacke, Germany, 25/02/2009

Xysticus-ulmi 27.11.05-10295 — Xysticus ulmi subadult (?) ♂ Kirchseeon, Germany, 27/11/2005

Anyphaena-accentuata 18.02.09-21923-40d — Anyphaena accentuata ♂ Kirchseeon, Germany, 18/02/2009

Ichneumonidae-u-6 04.12.05-10795 — Ichneumonidae (6), not classified imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Ichneumonidae-u-6 04.12.05-10789 — Ichneumonidae (6), not classified imago ♀ Kirchseeon, Germany, 04/12/2005

Diacrisia-sannio 27.11.05-10341 — Diacrisia sannio larva Kirchseeon, Germany, 27/11/2005

Lepidoptera-u 19.11.05-09901 — Lepidoptera , not classified larva Kirchseeon, Germany, 19/11/2005

Lygephila-pastinum 19.11.05-10099 — Lygephila pastinum larva Kirchseeon, Germany, 19/11/2005

Kleidocerys-resedae 19.11.05-09918 — Kleidocerys resedae imago Kirchseeon, Germany, 19/11/2005