Exploring underfoot - Capitol State Forest, second site
The second observation site I visited in Capitol State Forest was full of a large number of these big lumpy springtails - the very recognizable Poduromorpha. It was cool to see them there, because I didn't see any at the first site. (I identified these as Neanuridae, that being the name that came to mind for these lumpy friends, but I should probably go up to Poduromorpha, that being all I'm really sure about.)
I also saw a couple of these yellowish elongate springtails. They didn't look much like the ones I saw in the suburban yard, but were visually identical to the one I saw at the other site in Capitol State Forest.
I'm looking forward to further underfoot exploration... somewhere less shooty.
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Check out the unicorn spider (Coreorgonal monoceros) though! That's my new favorite observation from the day. (This one: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140533865) Believe it or not, I didn't even notice the horn when I took the picture. Then again, I didn't know any spiders even had such interesting structures, so I certainly wasn't looking for it!
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