A juvenile saundersi or something else? Half as big as saundersi and different in color. Found in ground litter.

It is actually a juvenile instar of Dicyrtoma fusca var.1. Thank you Frans Janssens www.collembola.org

1mm long - a juvenile male perhaps? I have a large population of these in my garden which has been absent all summer. But they were back on one of their favourite locations - the water-butt - this weekend.

Springtails in the compost bin X4

Tomocerus minor, I think

Springtail on the piste. Ok it's actually a piece of melon skin. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail on a water barrel lid. About 2.2mm body length

Another tiny one

Bilobella braunerae (Collembola, Neanuridae). Found under bark of a fallen ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior). Thanks to Jan van Duinen and Frans Janssens @ www.collembola.org for the identification.

Canon EOS 5DII + MP-E65/2.8 handheld, f/8, 1/80sec., ISO 400. Lit with a single diffused flash.

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This was a bonus find, we were just saying we had not seen Springtails for a long time, and there he was..... on a leaf!

Springtail herd on the lip of a compost bin.

Strange mould with springtails X2. In the compost bin

Springtails on melon X4 in the compost bin. Focus stacked using zerene

A tiny thing, perhaps around 1.5mm long. One of a group on a damp wooden fence under trees, who scuttled for cover every time I fired my flash, then came back after a minute or so.

Springtails with dewdrops X4

Springtail on a fence rail. Isotomurus palustris I think. About 2.5mm body length

4mm.

found in flowerpot in the garden

Another male Katiannid springtail in the garden this morning. These are particularly challenging to photograph as they won't keep still. It's like they're on a mission; they keep trundling this way and that and rarely stop for a photograph. This individual (~1 mm) had decided to have a rest though, and allowed a couple of shots that I've "blended" in PSE. He's on the inside-edge of a moulded letter "O" on the lid of an old garden water butt/bin.

Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Cropped a bit.

I've seen a couple of these around (they are only a few mm long) and think they are Tomoceridae springtails, possibly something like Pogonognathellus longicornis. Taken in Durham Botanic Gardens, UK.

Springtail on a water barrel with dewdrops. Sminthurinus niger. About 0.97mm body length

I found a couple of these recently, in one particular corner of our Staffordshire garden. In the last few days I'm finding quite a few of them wandering around on an old water butt, a plastic storage box and some plastic seed trays stored in the same area. They seem to be ignoring the other surfaces.

It's very difficult to get decent images of them. They are very active and the structure of the surfaces means they keep disappearing into dips in the moulded surface. I did get this reasonable shot of a male. The males have this characteristic reddening of the dorsal surface.

This is the Katiannid springtail currently referred to as Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov.. This individual ~1.1mm.

Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Cropped some.

The beautifully irridescent Vertagopu arboreus on the left and I think the one on the right is Entomobrya nivalis.

Globular springtail X4. Focus stacked using zerene

One of many springtails out and about on a very warm winter day.

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

This was my first atempt using the MP-65 as well as a 1.4 teleconverter giving about 7x magnification.

I lost a lot of the normal colours i usually pick up so this took a bit more editing.

There is a big pile of rotten apples under the apple tree in my garden.

This springtail posed nicely on an apple, being surprisingly a similar colour to the apple.

Springtail on moss

Springtail on a water barrel X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail on a fence. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular Springtail on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/23890464820/ for a 3D version

Globular springtail grazing on the garage door

Homidia sauteri

Springtail grazing on a clay pot X4. Lepidocyrtus sp.

I believe this may be Dicyrtomina sp. 3 at collembola.org?

Springtail on a clay pot X4. Xenylla sp.

Springtail on water barrel lid X4. Sminthurinus domesticus

Springtail on a water barrel lid X4. Lepidocyrtus sp.

I do like these big, round, shiny, knobbly, hairy springtails. When I say 'big' this one was 2.9mm long, which is pretty large for a springtail. I found it on the trunk of a birch tree during our moth night at The Ercall.

With a juvenile almost see through in the background.

a Neanura? hope Frans will check in.

Springtail 3.36 Mag 1.71 mm long

Springtail having a dump. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail.