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A juvenile globular springtail photographed in the garden this morning. Length ~0.45 mm.
I'm assuming that this is a juvenile of the "novel" species Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov. It was photographed in the same area as where I'm seeing adult instars and looks "right". I'm attempting to photograph and measure the various instars of this species; male. female, juvenile, adult.
During the weekend I was in one of the most preserved floodplain forest. There were a lot of beetles and nice springtails. Most of them I found at home during selection of sieved materials.
Pictures were made ba Canon 5D mark II + 2x extender and 25 mm macro ring.
This is my first attempt to shoot a springtail. The quality is not the best but I was surprised by the beautiful colored scales of this little guy. Tomocerus vulgaris (thanks Frans)
I posted this just because I found it interesting. We are looking at the underside of a larger Springtail. This one briefly turned upside down whilst clinging to a piece of plant material. You can see the furca, which looks like an extra pair of folded legs on the underside of the abdomen. This is the mechanism they use to spring. They don't all spring and the ones that can don't always do it. Gently scrape some leaf litter back and you're likely to see some things flying into the air. Its quick and they launch with huge speed and acceleration. It seems it isn't generally very controlled but it gets them away from predators (and photographers) quickly.
The weather hasn't been very good for springtail photography (wet and windy). I do still take the opportunity to continue my search for "moustachiod" Sminthurinus springtails though, and managed to get a shot of this one before it blew away!
This individual has an orange base to the "eyebrows". Others I've seen have "tricolour" eyebrows; white at the top, yellow in the middle and orange at the base. Whether this is of any significance I have no idea!
Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm (at 5x) + 1.4x Extender + 36mm extension tube + MT24-EX Flash. Magnification 8x. Springtail ~0.6mm. Cropped a bit.
A raft of springtails on a little puddle on my compost bin lid. Pinkish ones- Ceratophysella bengtssoni. Smaller pale ones- Proisotoma minuta. I did rescue them after :)
Found under a Laceleaf Maple Bush on a pot. I am out of practice and I am not able to tell if this is a new one for me. I am hoping Frans or others can help me ID it so I can know if I should take better photos.
Springtail from the allotment, I think dicyrtoma fusca
The real size is 1.56 mm, magnification is 4.2
Some Springtails are quite plain in appearance. Not sure of the species on this one, but it just looks as though it is made from polished metal.
Someone sent me some springtails to identify which they had found grazing on a church wall. My first thought was Hypogastrura viatica but I've spent two days banging my head against the chaetotaxy and they're not! They have 111 clavate tenant setae (c.f. H. viatica: 233; H. purpurescens: 232), so H. manubrialis is a possibility but frankly I'm unconvinced by the mucro, so they're going to remain as Hypogastrura spp. However, I'd welcome comments from anyone who is better with these than I am.
UPDATE: This is Hypogastrura manubrialis.
A juvenile instar (just over 0.4 mm) showing development of pigment patches. Good detail of arrangement of abdominal setae (I know that Frans is interested in this).
[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 the various instars. As a result of the initial findings, Frans is speculating that there are two distinct groups:
Group 1 - where abd.6 in adults is pale, and
Group 2 - where abd.6 in adults is dark.
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Heavily cropped.]