Sminthurinus igniceps (pale form) - Detail
I uploaded a shot of a Sminthurinus globular springtail earlier, but couldn't decide what species it was. Just knew I hadn't seen anything looking quite like it before. Frans Janssens advised me that it was a pale form of Sminthurinus igniceps. I hadn't realised that such a form existed!
I went back to the original images and found that I had taken some more. Pretty sure these are the same individual. These are heavily-cropped versions to show some anterior and posterior detail for anyone that's interested!
Canon MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 1.4x Extender + MT24-EX Flash. Cropped heavily
Sminthurinus igniceps (pale form) - Detail
I uploaded a shot of a Sminthurinus globular springtail earlier, but couldn't decide what species it was. Just knew I hadn't seen anything looking quite like it before. Frans Janssens advised me that it was a pale form of Sminthurinus igniceps. I hadn't realised that such a form existed!
I went back to the original images and found that I had taken some more. Pretty sure these are the same individual. These are heavily-cropped versions to show some anterior and posterior detail for anyone that's interested!
Canon MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 1.4x Extender + MT24-EX Flash. Cropped heavily