Cave Entrances - Constantiaberg

Trip Date: 2023-10-01
The objective of this trip was to see what lives in Entrance Zone of caves on Constantiaberg.

Elephant Arse Cave

Despite there being quite a lot of running and standing water in the cave, and an hour long search, I did not find any amphipods in the water. I did not see any planaria either.

I did find:

• False violin spiders
• 1x Another spider??
• 4x bristletails
• dassie droppings
• another dropping

Aboulia Cave

This cave has many entrances, all of which lead to a passage which is parallel to the external cliff, which is 2m to 5m away. This means that the passage is very tightly coupled to the external surface conditions. The water was 25cm deep in places, and full of Paramelita.

Search time 1 hour:

• a planarian (Dugessiidae)
• a moth caught in a web
• 3x False violin spiders
• 1x snail
• Paramelita capensis?
• Bristletail waliking on water

Sensor: TG6 Camera

• Water temp inside: 8.5; 8.5; 8.9 [deg C] (left camera in water for 2 mins)
• Air temp inside: 10.5; 10.6; 11.5 [deg C]
• Air temp outside: 16.1; 16.3; 16.6; 16.8 [deg C] (it felt warmer)
• Cave alt: (inside the cave passage): 838.1; 854.9; 854.6 [m]

Publicado el octubre 2, 2023 01:17 TARDE por peterswart