Springtail Survey
A juvenile instar of 0.45mm; probably instar 2. This was the only individual I saw in my garden search today. It's very wet though and this species is always more difficult to find when it's like that. (Inset image not to scale.)
[Part of a garden survey of the "novel" springtail Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov. that I'm doing for FransJanssens@www.collembola.org to establish the size and differences between the various instars.
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Cropped.]
Springtail Survey
A juvenile instar of 0.45mm; probably instar 2. This was the only individual I saw in my garden search today. It's very wet though and this species is always more difficult to find when it's like that. (Inset image not to scale.)
[Part of a garden survey of the "novel" springtail Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov. that I'm doing for FransJanssens@www.collembola.org to establish the size and differences between the various instars.
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Cropped.]