Note UV colour. On soil side of large tipped-up conifer, Seal Bay Park, Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
I'm going by habitat. Sandy soil beside lake. Golden Ears Provincial Park - Gold Creek Trail to Alouette Lake. BC, Canada
I'm stumped. Plagiomnium? In armpit of a Red Alder. Golden Ears Provincial Park - Gold Creek Trail to Alouette Lake. BC, Canada
Many individuals in vernal pool under electrical lines. Very loud chorus frogs at same location.
knocked out of a mossy stick. the stick was deciduous, and had Pulvigera moss growing on it, and some shield lichens.
among the various inhabitants were 5+ species of springtails, 3 mites, and this tiny spider.
Undescribed species. Identified by Frans Janssens: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1332945
First known wild observations and discovery of natural fluorescent in an old world mammal or any mammal outside of North and Central America, images of the Springhare taken in August 2019. Incredible to see it’s orange and pink glow firsthand, especially when it wasn’t expected! Accidental discovery whilst out photographing scorpions under UV light
Shot using a Nikon D850 Handheld with a Nitecore Chameleon C6 ( 365nm ) torch.
For anyone interested in February 2020 a Scientific journal was released by a American research group ( no relation to me ) about this UV trait and science behind it from research in museum & zoo specimens in the US.
There are a few more images, but you might be able to imagine photographing a rather skittish nocturnal creature on foot with a UV torch in one hand and a large DSLR in the other during a unexpected encounter whilst also trying to expose a camera correctly for UV light isn’t the easiest thing to do the split second.
Coordinates approximate. Found with many others under stones on a south facing talus slope in White Lake Grasslands Protected Area.