Photo album #8
Caves, cavers and cave bugs
Special thanks to J. Krejca for the permission to use her fantastik caves photos

Cave salamander
Sam Bass Cave (TX) January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

Cave pseudoscorpion
Sam Bass Cave (TX) January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

A good reason to loose weight
Browns Cave (TX) January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

Rhadine (Carabidae) posing for Karstopolitan
Photo: J. Krejca

Taking caving lessons from the famous cavers Kevin Li and his fearless girlfriend
China, September 2005
Photo: Shuqiang Li

My first Texas cave or
The day that Chris Colins
made us laugh
January 2003
Photo: K. White

It gets more comfortable once the entrance is behind
Brown Cave (TX) January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

Ceutophilus
TX, January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

Goat Cave
TX, January 2005
Photo: M. Sanders

Eyeless Cicurina, wonderful elusive spider
Photo: J. Krejca

Calicina cloughensis, Sequoia Park, CA
Photo: J. Krejca

Cave millepede
Photo: J. Krejca

Cave millepede
Photo: J. Krejca

Titiotus (Tengellidae) is not a troglobite, but a troglophile. Nonetheless beautiful
Photo: J. Krejca

Here is a skull, probably a racoon, partially covered with flow stone
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Impressive Opilionid: Taracus
Photo: J. Krejca

Friendly male Pholcidae
Photo: J. Krejca

Here is a new eyeless species: Oaphantes prometheus that we are describing (see projects). Only known from a single Californian cave
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Webbing of Oaphantes prometheus
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Impressive view of the type locality of Oaphantes prometheus
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Nice myriapod on a marble wall
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Another new eyeless species probably belonging to the genus Yorima. Only known from a single Californian cave
CA, photo: J. Krejca

More fantastik cave opilionids from Texas. Genus? Texella! that makes it easy to remember
TX, photo: J. Krejca

A marble wall in a marble cave with a marbelous caver
photo: J. Krejca

Here is a second new Oaphantes species. This one has reduced eyes and is found along the west coast. Enjoying a collembola for breakfast
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Pimoids are troglophiles. They are found both on the surface (hollow trees, between bolders) and in caves
photo: J. Krejca

Pimoid webbing is more easy to find than the spiders. We have an on-going molecular project on Pimoids, please send us some material from your next trip in the Hymalayas!
photo: J. Krejca

Eyeless Texella doing a square dance in a spotlight, what a star...
TX, photo: J. Krejca

Another cave friend waiving
CA, photo: J. Krejca

Pseudoscorpion, flipping the bird
TX, photo: J. Krejca

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