A spider and some strange insects

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davholla
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A spider and some strange insects

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I saw this spider the other day and am reasonably happy with how it turned out.
ImageSpiderEF7A4092 by davholla2002, on Flickr
At my parents house in South London/North Kent, I turned over a stone to photograph the ant woodlice and saw these 2 insects which in 20+ years of looking under stones there I have never seen before.
A) They were not cooperative
B) I got a migraine so only took 2 photos
So the quality is not very good, however as they are so unusual I thought that I would share them, any ideas what they are?
ImageUnknown EF7A3896 by davholla2002, on Flickr

ImageTwo unknowns EF7A3895.CR2 by davholla2002, on Flickr

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Re: A spider and some strange insects

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davholla wrote:any ideas what they are?
The general appearance suggests to me an immature "root aphid", perhaps some sort of Phylloxera .

What you have are almost certainly not true aphids because they have no visible cornicles .

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Re: A spider and some strange insects

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rjlittlefield wrote:
davholla wrote:any ideas what they are?
The general appearance suggests to me an immature "root aphid", perhaps some sort of Phylloxera .

What you have are almost certainly not true aphids because they have no visible cornicles .

--Rik
Thanks for that presumably they are farmed by the L Flavus ants.

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Good! I venture that the spiders are a kind of running crab spider. One is being eaten.
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Post by davholla »

Actually I think it is a spider moulting

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Post by Grahame »

The white one in pic 3 is most likely collembola, really diverse looking critters.
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