Sand hopper ? (1 Viewer)

[Kevin Byrnes]

I moved from the Cotswolds to South Wales a few years ago and have seen a species in my garden that I never saw previously. When I move something in the garden and expose the damp soil beneath, I see lots of Sandhopper/ Gammarus type creatures hopping about, any idea what these are ?

 

[aeshna5]

Probably the landhopper, Arcitalitrus dorrieni. They are amphipods.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

They have been accidentally introduced from New Zealand and become established.