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One from today. I've been seeing this form in the garden for a few days but haven't managed decent shots before. This one paused sufficiently for me to get several shots. I've blended elements from each shot to produce this composite.
This (to me) is a "classic" Group 1 mature (~1.25mm) form. It has a dark pigmentation pattern on the abdomen with abd.6 non-pigmented. The abdomen also has little orange/red pigmentation. The head however, does have orange pigmentation. Occasionally I see very darkly pigmented forms (see yesterday's image for example) that do not have any orange pigmentation of the head (except perhaps for a small dot). Group 1 and Group 2 forms usually do though.
[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. Cropped.]
In the recent snowy weather I thought I'd see how the Globular Springtails were faring and turned over a few rocks in my garden. To my surprise there were still lots of springtails attached to the underside of the rocks, many partially set into the ice. As the light reached them they slowly started to move and these two shots are of a couple of individuals wandering around the ice.
December 1, 2017
A bunch of springtails showed up on our deck this morning.
Brewster, Massachusetts
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A grain of sugar for size comparison ,it also helped to slow him down , he kinda liked it.
First time iv'e wrote on a sugar crystal.
A rather damp springtail X4. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/51680799531/ for a 3D version
Globular springtail on compost bin lid. Focus stacked using zerene. About 1.3mm body length. Dicyrtomina saundersi
Globular springtail X4. Focus stacked using zerene. Taken handheld using a 4X microscope lens on a sony mirrorless body. The springtail is carrying some nematodes
So you may have noticed that I'm uploading a lot of Collembola shots at the moment. This is partly because I can't find much else to photograph. But mostly its because a group of us is trying to map Shropshire's springtails, something which we believe has never been done anywhere at County level before.
This is a tiny thing, 2mm max.
I recently posted some springtail images from our Staffordshire garden. Frans Janssens (of collembola.org) was interested in the dark Sminthurinus forms, particularly "eyebrow" markings. I've been looking for these in the garden and concentrating on getting the eyebrow in focus for him. Here's a selection. I'm looking for more!
These have all be cropped by a similar amount.
Globular springtail raft. I scooped these out off a water bucket with a milk bottle lid. After the photography I dropped them onto a sponge - they do eventually drown if they can't get off the water surface
twee vliegen (springstaartjes) in een klap. Two birds (springtails) with one stone.
Isotomurus maculatus is new for me.
The green one is I think an Isotoma viridis.
They are on the Dutch forum of Waarneming: forum.waarneming.nl/smf/index.php?topic=417187.0