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Party Time! Sometimes when you take a photo in a dark place with the flash you don’t know what is really there till later. Sorry, no IDs this time. Canada,Fall,Geotagged Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Party Time!

Sometimes when you take a photo in a dark place with the flash you don’t know what is really there till later. Sorry, no IDs this time.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Nice! What are these white arthropods? Not expecting a species ID but do you perhaps know which order? Posted 5 years ago
    1. View gary fast's profile
      gary fast
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      Sorry, Ferdy, don’t have much of a clue. I can remember a post by either Christine Young or Lisa Kimmerling that had some bug that looked similar. I should of taken a movie of these guys, they looked rather humorous waving their legs around..., after I realized they were there! Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        No worries. Don't have a clue myself either. Have asked Christine to take a look at it. Posted 5 years ago
      2. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        That is such a cool find! They look like mites or spiders to me because of the long legs and they don't appear to have 3 body segments, like an insect would. Posted 5 years ago
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          Although, I can't tell how many legs they have...So, I guess they could also be some kind of insect nymph. I favor mite though at this point because of the body and legs. The family Cocceupodidae has some similar mites, such as Linopodes sp.

          But, for spiders, Wulfila sp. are tiny, ghost spiders with elongated front legs, but I don't think the body shape fits.           Posted 5 years ago
          1. View Christine Young's profile
            Christine Young
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            Check these out: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1175048/bgimage Posted 5 years ago
            1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
              Ferdy Christant
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              Interesting, that looks very similar, thanks so much for checking. Posted 5 years ago
              1. View Christine Young's profile
                Christine Young
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                Sure thing, I love spottings like this - very intriguing! Posted 5 years ago
                1. View gary fast's profile
                  gary fast
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                  They sure look the same... to me. Linopodes of some kind. It appears that the longest appendages seem to be the antennae. Tiny and intriguing! Posted 5 years ago
                  1. View Christine Young's profile
                    Christine Young
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                    Those are actually the front legs, but they do kind of function like antennae! Cool, little critters, indeed! Posted 5 years ago
                    1. View gary fast's profile
                      gary fast
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                      Really! They seem to be always waving them in the air. Quite the bugs. Thanks for that. Posted 5 years ago
                      1. View Christine Young's profile
                        Christine Young
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                        That's so cool! Posted 5 years ago

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2019. Captured Dec 9, 2019 13:45 in Carrington Bay Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/20.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO500
  • 60mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.