These two were in the same place as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202522265. Approx 1m outside the drip line of the cave entrance. The bristletails were in a recess on the wall of the 1.5m wide crack that leads to the cave entrance. Not sure of the gender of either. I could not see an ovipositor, nor could I see the spurs on the maxillipalps.
Found very close to the cave entrance in twilight.
Entrance/Twilight zone of cave. There is a little light, lots of moisture in winter. Cool all year.
One of a few bristle tails in the entrance zone of the cave. This one dropped off the cave wall and disappeared into a crack before I could take more pictures.
I saw 3 Bristle-tails in the twilight zone of this cave.
Body (excluding tail) approx 20mm. This was the only specimen I saw. It was inside the cave near floor level, but directly below a sky-light cave entrance 20m above. This means that although it was deep into the dark zone of the cave, there was an entrance nearby.
Body: 11mm, Ant:26mm, Cerci:5mm, Term filament: 17mm. Found on the bottom of a large boulder, near the entrance, but in a completely dark area
There was a group of 4 bristletails together on the wall in the twilight zone of the cave. This area is in deep shade, and probably remains cool and damp most of the year.
It appears that bristletails do not travel well, as these have lost their scales too.
Ronan's Well Cave entrance. There were a number of bristletails in the cave entrance. See the last picture were a few have congregated in a recess in the cave wall.
This insect was found in long grass.
A black fly with wings like a wasp
Found on green tree by itself, I guess is a loner yet beautiful
We found these bugs under a tree mating .
Found crawling in the grass of an open field
Found crawling in the grass of an open field
This fly was found on a Lilly plant in a pond