Johnstoniana errans. I find these semi-aquatic mites in a very wet location beside a stream running through woodland. They seem to like to cluster together under large bits of deadwood. #Acari

Snail on a stick. I didn't put it there, that's where I found it and thought it made an interesting composition.

My first spider record of 2023 and she's a bit of a stunner. Spotted this Ozyptila praticola spider on a very soggy woodland floor this evening.

I've been photographing Monobella grassei over the new year. Love watching these tiny orange springtails going about their business.

Little slime moulds (Metatrichia floriformis, I think) ready to release their spores. The 1mm black balls are fruiting bodies and split open, like flowers, releasing spores. Floriformis means 'flower-shaped'. #FungiFriday

This yellow springtail is Protaphorura aurantiaca. Spotted loads of these today. #collembola

A stunningly beautiful spider, Cyclosa conica. I'm finding lots of these in the nearby woods at the moment. #spider #arachnid

Found this incredible Snout Mite (Bdellidae) today😃

Found this little beetle on a tree when on a night walk this week. I believe it's the nationally scarce the scarce Rabocerus gabrieli.

A heavy frost outside but It's not too cold for laying eggs, at least not for the Katiannids in our garden... (Genus nov.1 sp. nov.2, I think).