The Dangers of Looking For Non Timber Forest Product While Coming in Contact with a Timber Rattlesnake

Ponerine ants like this live their lives in forest soils and feed on other arthropods.

This wasp is about two millimeters long and easily mistaken for a tiny ant. They are fast runners and can jump readily with a unique method of contorting the body. This female is looking for insect eggs, which act as a perfect host for her own eggs. This species likely utilizes stink bugs as hosts.

This robust grasshopper seems dull at first, but notice the bright blue inside the hindleg and the bright yellow hindwings

The larval mite on this harvestman’s leg will continue engorging on host fluids until it falls off and pupates in the soil. It will then emerge as a purplish predatory mite with white stripes, then pupate again, and finally emerge as an adult that roams forest litter for prey