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Sminthurides aquaticus

Here you can see the grasping mechanism, with which the male, for courtship, grasps the bases of the antennae of a female. Than the female is carrying the male (at the back) around, up in the sky.

This is certainly a young female springtail (in front), because she is still very small. Canon mp-e 65 mm at 5 x + set kenko extension tubes on canon eos 80D

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Uploaded on July 13, 2016