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Colony located inside decaying log, in mixed Populus conifer wooded area with herbaceous cover. Multiple (7) pseudogynes were observed, out of around 200 workers, in addition to typical aserva and neorufibarbis workers. Most peudogynes were paler in color and smaller than other workers, though two were of typical coloration and were closer to the size of a medium sized worker.

After spending over a week canoeing and camping in Temagami, Ontario, on July 14, 2012 we arrived in Toronto at about 7:00 pm; as always, Catherine moved her van from her driveway as I was going to park there. As I was very slowly backing up into her driveway, I suddenly felt that one of my tires ran into something in the driveway and I was unable to continue. I got out of the car and saw a big, dead raccoon lying next to the rear car’s wheel. Initially, I thought that perhaps the raccoon was simply hiding under Catherine’s van, seeking shade, and as Catherine was moving the van, she inadvertently ran over it. But once we closely examined the hapless creature, we immediately discovered the cause of its untimely demise: apparently, it had found a big empty peanut butter jar, which had some traces of peanut butter inside, so the raccoon obviously attempted to get whatever was left inside the jar by inserting its mouth inside the jar, which got stuck… unable to remove it, the raccoon simply suffocated! Catherine’s father was not aware of this incident, but said that indeed, Gabby the dog was somehow attracted to something on the other side of the parked van! Catherine called the City of Toronto and the raccoon was removed overnight.

The second photograph is the same, but much bigger.

Socorro Isopod from the vicinity of Socorro, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA. where it occurs at a natural spring and nearby spring-fed artificial refugium pools, the only places in the wild the species is found.

Wild adult specimens collected by Brian K. Lang for photographic purposes and subsequently released at capture site. Joel Sartore of National Geographic was also present with us this day to get pictures and his photos of this species for the magazine put mine to shame.

See also: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5274584

K. bogerti is one of the most stunning scorpions in the state and the clear highlight of our native Pseudouroctonus-group species. Unlike other Kovarikia sp., this species is fairly tolerant of dry environments and can be found in desert-edge regions, including the spot where this species was found. @meandthealiens and I found three individuals in a fairly small stretch of suitable rocky habitat. Ten genera of scorpions were found in sympatry at this spot, representing the highest diversity in California, at least as far as I know.