Garden springtail survey
Another garden springtail from today, part of my survey. This one underneath a piece of slate. There are lots of mature males and females around on these slate pieces and I'm also seeing the little yellow spheres on the surface of the substrate. I'm wondering whether these might be springtail eggs. No doubt Frans will know!
[Part of a garden survey of the "novel" springtail Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov. that I'm doing with FransJanssens@www.collembola.org initially, to establish the size and differences between sexes and the various instars. As a result of the initial findings, Frans is suggesting that there are two distinct groups:
Group 1 - where abd.6 in adults is pale and there is little red pigmentation along the dorsal surface of the abdomen, and
Group 2 - where abd.6 in adults is dark and there is (sometimes) significant red pigmentation along the dorsal surface of the abdomen..
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused YN24EX flash. Three images blended in PSE. Cropped.]
Garden springtail survey
Another garden springtail from today, part of my survey. This one underneath a piece of slate. There are lots of mature males and females around on these slate pieces and I'm also seeing the little yellow spheres on the surface of the substrate. I'm wondering whether these might be springtail eggs. No doubt Frans will know!
[Part of a garden survey of the "novel" springtail Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov. that I'm doing with FransJanssens@www.collembola.org initially, to establish the size and differences between sexes and the various instars. As a result of the initial findings, Frans is suggesting that there are two distinct groups:
Group 1 - where abd.6 in adults is pale and there is little red pigmentation along the dorsal surface of the abdomen, and
Group 2 - where abd.6 in adults is dark and there is (sometimes) significant red pigmentation along the dorsal surface of the abdomen..
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused YN24EX flash. Three images blended in PSE. Cropped.]