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

Today was the first time I've been out looking for springtails this "season". Well actually, the second time. A couple of weeks ago on my first trip, my camera fell off of a wall and my TwinLite flash broke. It's being repaired at the moment and today I used a cobbled-together replacement.

This shot of a Dicyrtoma fusca springtail used my "new" flash arrangement. A Canon 430EX in a mini-softbox is held over the end of the MP-E 65mm macro lens with an eBay friction arm, several elastic bands and a cable-tie. The shot was taken at around 6x magnification (lens at x3 plus a 2x tele-converter). Quite pleased with the result. It was blowing a gale and very chilly. This is the only decent shot I got.

Springtail.

Vistoso habitante edáfico de menos de medio milímetro que se alimentaba entre las hojas caídas.

Se trata de un Collémbolo de la famila Siminturidae.

En general son de aspecto globoso, de colores pardos u oscuros, y de pequeño tamaño, las especies mayores tienen unos 3mm.

Se trata de un grupo antiguo de artrópodos de antes de que los insectos desarrollaran alas, se los consideraba insectos apterigoptos pero hoy la clase Hexapoda ( de todos los artrópodos de seis patas)se ha dividido e n dos partes: insecta y parainsecta, esta ultima clase abarcaría a collémbolos, proturos y dipluros, que no tienen alas.

Los collémbolos tienen una gran capacidad para el salto, debido a un apéndice abdominal desarrollado específicamente para ello, tiene una forma de Y y la mantienen plegada bajo el abdomen. Nace en la parte posterior (cuarto segmento abdominal) y se dirige hacia adelante por debajo, donde el animal tiene una estructura en forma de forceps para contenerla denominada Termaculun.

Son muy difíciles de observar, ya que permanecen ocultos - como animales edáficos debajo de las hojarrasca en el suelo. Son en general detritívoros, y forman parte importante de la cadena trófica destinada a descomponer la materia orgánica y a fertilizar el suelo.

Colorful edaphic resident less than half a millimeter that fed among the fallen leaves.

Tiny little Springtail, they run pretty fast too! Great to find one on first macro trip of the year and with the R5ii also.

Springtails on clay pot. Sminthurinus sp.

Globular springtail on a sun chair. Focus stacked using zerene.

Springtail on red worm X4

Springtails on a leaf X4. in the compost bin. Xenylla sp.

Globular springtail Sminthurinus niger on a clay flowerpot. About 1.1mm body length

Globular springtail. Focus stacked using zerene

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.

Stack of 61 images

Subclass Collembola

08 Dec 2018

CA, SBE Co., CSUSB

Sminthurus mencenbergae

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

D. saundersi

Springtails on the side of my large pond. Sminthurides aquaticus

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

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