Found under a wooden plank, with several other goodies. If anyone can identify this I will be very grateful.

Not a bad morning this morning, the sun was trying hard to say hello, saw a few springtails feeding on a wooden fence, not much else about

Springtail on compost bin lid

Photo from Udzungwa national park, Tanzania.

Subclass Collembola

08 Dec 2018

CA, SBE Co., CSUSB

Springtails in the compost bin

SDIM6608

Not all springtails are globular; just members of the Symphypleona. I am attracted to "globbies", when it comes to photography. This image though, features one of the Entomobryomorpha. These are elongated and often somewhat bristly. I think that it's Vertagopus arboreus.

This is one of several, that were underneath a flat piece of stoneware. I had positioned it hoping to attract springtails. I have various bits of stone and leaves positioned around the garden just for this purpose. I don't think I've found this species in our garden before.

Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. This individual ~1.7mm long.

Springtail on a clay pot X4

Springtails in the compost bin

Homidia socia

Springtails on the side of my large pond. Sminthurides aquaticus

A white, blind, springless springtail. Probably Kalaphorura burmeisteri. Found in leaf litter

Mollusc egg cluster with springtails. Not certain if these are small snail or slug eggs. Cluster about 4mm diameter on the underside of the compost bin lid. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtails on a flatworm ? X4 panorama. Stitched using MS ICE.

Globular springtail on the greenhouse glass. Focus stacked using zerene

100% Crop of springtail from www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/1816950698/

There are plenty smaller, I'm sure. But this springtail was well under 1 mm so I was happy to be able to see some of the nice pattern on it.

It's a new species (new to me) found early this year in my backyard in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

Id help appreciated.

Neanuridae I guess?

Ptenothrix renateae

a stack taken very quickly, hopefully Frans will be able to ID the species for sure ; ) ! Go large for a view of the metallic scales...

Springtail.

Very tiny herd of springtails under the bark of apple tree branches. Bit of a guess guess on narrowing down an ID, happy to receive any expert help!

Mountaineering springtail on moss

Springtails on acer leaf in the compost bin

A relatively big species, at 3mm or so in length.

Brown Moss, Shropshire.

Raft of springtails on a small puddle on a compost bin lid

Some further shots of the very dark Katiannid springtail featured in the previous image. I think this is a mature female Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov., but note that the final abdominal segment is black and orange/red pigmentation covers most of the dorsal abdominal surface. The head is very dark (apart from around the eyes) with no orange pigmentation patches. This individual was 1.4 mm long.

Baby springtails on clay pot X4

Globular springtail on a clay pot X4

Globular springtail on a windowsill

Another springtail on a clay pot X4. Lepidocyrtus sp

I was delighted to find a little group of Springtails that crawled slowly enough for me to get a few pictures. I am fascinated by these little creatures. I think they are as cute as anything I have ever seen.

I had my camera set-up for very small springtails. I was searching over the surface of a fallen branch when this "monster" came into view. I managed a couple of shots before it scuttled off.

This is one of the Pogonognathellus springtails; possibly Pogonognathellus longicornis. Apart from being a species with the longest name, it's also the UK's species with the longest body. Can be up to 5mm. A giant of the springtail world!

Springtail meeting on a clay pot X4. Sminthurinus domesticus and Lepidocyrtus sp.

Springtail on a fallen leaf. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtails in the compost bin. Ceratophysella bengtssoni plus something sinister at the leaf end

Another from a recent trip to the local churchyard near our new house in South Staffordshire. I checked on the underside of several dozen fallen, yellow laurel leaves. I've always found these a great hunting ground for springtails and other leaf-litter invertebrates. They provide a nice background for photography too.

Lots of leaves had globular springtails of the genus Dicyrtomina. A few had various "dark forms" of Sminthurinus species. This pale-headed individual could be Sminthurinus igniceps.

Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 2x Tele-extender + MT24-EX Twinlite flash. This individual between 0.7 - 0.8mm.

Another couple from a series looking at sizes and colouration in this Katiannid springtail species. These two were in our Staffordshire garden this morning and nicely demonstrate the sexual dimorphism of the species with respect to colouration. The mature male on the left shows the typical orange/red dorsal colour. The mature female on the right lacks this.

The female is 1.3 mm long. The largest I've measured was 1.4mm. The male in this image was 1.1 mm (just). NB: he's not to the same scale as the female.

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

first one this year, floating calmly. incredibly small. roughly 2mm in size

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.

Pond attempt1, low mag.

Springtail on a fence. Isotomurus maculatus

Springtails at Swell Wood a few days ago. Many thanks to Max Thompson Photo and Ellie Hilsdon who scurried around finding likely-looking logs while I mostly sat at the picnic table!