Springtail….(with spermatophore??)
When I took this I thought this female Dicyrtomina saundersi was just preparing to jump and deciding against it, but having revisited this image it's possible that the small 'spike' to the left is a spermatophore, and the raising of her front legs (just before this shot) was part of her collecting the package. Can anyone confirm please?
Update: Frans ID suggests a male, so potentially an old spermatophore being consumed for it's protein.
Springtail….(with spermatophore??)
When I took this I thought this female Dicyrtomina saundersi was just preparing to jump and deciding against it, but having revisited this image it's possible that the small 'spike' to the left is a spermatophore, and the raising of her front legs (just before this shot) was part of her collecting the package. Can anyone confirm please?
Update: Frans ID suggests a male, so potentially an old spermatophore being consumed for it's protein.