Sminthurinus Springtail
I paid another visit to the walled garden at Weston Park this morning. The location has been very rewarding with respect to Sminthurinus springtails. The grass had been cut in the area I usually check, so I ventured into another part. I was not disappointed and found a number of forms including this one.
I'm assuming that it's a form of Sminthurinus aureus but I don't remember seeing one with this pigmentation pattern before. There's always something interesting in the world of the collembola. This individual ~0.8 mm.
[UPDATE: Potentially something interesting; including a possible new species (see Frans' comments below). I do hope I can find some more!]
Sminthurinus Springtail
I paid another visit to the walled garden at Weston Park this morning. The location has been very rewarding with respect to Sminthurinus springtails. The grass had been cut in the area I usually check, so I ventured into another part. I was not disappointed and found a number of forms including this one.
I'm assuming that it's a form of Sminthurinus aureus but I don't remember seeing one with this pigmentation pattern before. There's always something interesting in the world of the collembola. This individual ~0.8 mm.
[UPDATE: Potentially something interesting; including a possible new species (see Frans' comments below). I do hope I can find some more!]