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I think it's a crab. Here's what a pseudoscorpion looks like: http://bugguide.net/node/view/289601
I think this is probably Phidippus audax, although it could also be the very similar looking Phidippus regius. I'd need to see a view of the back to tell for sure, though. If your jumper had black spots on it's abdomen, it was P. audax. If it didn't have the black spots, it was P. regius. You can see a photo of the spots on P. audax here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/508255
For your other spider, again I can't tell for certain from the angle the photo was taken, but Anasaitis canosa looks about right. Yours has the same white stripes on the sides of the cephalothorax and the white patches on the pedipalps that A. canosa has. If you can upload any more photos I might be able to confirm that ID with more certainty.
Yeah, it looks like that could be it. It might also be Naphrys pulex http://bugguide.net/node/view/38105
It's hard to see the markings on your spider's back from this photo, so I can't provide a 100% positive ID, only my best guess.
I'm pretty sure it's the cocoon of an ichneumon. It looks very similar to the cocoons made by the ichneumons in the subfamily Campopleginae http://bugguide.net/node/view/21674
This jumper is not Phidippus audax. It looks like it is probably in the subfamily Euophryinae http://bugguide.net/node/view/35596/bgpa...
Here's a link to a photo of a female P. audax so you can compare it to your spider http://bugguide.net/node/view/318917
No problem :) It's a really beautiful beetle, I'd love to see one in person. Thanks for sharing it!
You're welcome! I think you're right about these being Dineutus ciliatus.
It might also be Buprestis aurulenta. BugGuide has records of this beetle from British Columbia. Here's a link so you can compare your photo to the ones on the guide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/74029
Wow, what a beautiful beetle! It's actually a metallic wood-boring beetle (family Buprestidae), not a ground beetle. Where did you find it? It looks a lot like Buprestis prospera, but it looks like that species is only found in the south-western US.
