Checking the rain gauge showed that we have had very little rain in this area lately. The sponges found in the buckets at the drift fence were covered with millipedes. The red centipede and wolf spider were two invertebrates you had to observe through the viewers since they are capable of biting. There were lots of these millipedes found in the buckets at the driftfence.
Millipedes have two pairs of legs per segment and centipedes have only one.
This neat looking caterpillar will soon turn into a beautiful Lepidopteran. This huge wolf spider was one of the common invertebrates found in the drift fence. This fence lizard, found under a cover board, is so well camouflaged that he blends right into his environment. There was certainly evidence that a beaver has been feeding on this beautiful tree. Thanks for the help pulling in the traps.