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After a rainstorm, I found these tiny springtails all over the place. As it dried up, they disappeared.
All the rain has its benefits.....the fungus is appearing everywhere, This little Springtail was making this jelly its home.
A couple of pictures from todays macro session at Swell Woods. Lots of Globular Springtails to photograph which is always good fun!
Another springtail. 3 image handheld focus stack. Shot with OM1 and the Olympus 60mm macro with 16mm extension tube and MC20 teleconverter. Godox flash and AK diffuser.
This lagoon gets covered with masses and masses of springtails on the water. They are so interesting to look at, but a little awkward to photograph. the scenery shot shows the white "tide lines" on the lagoon. The white is entirely composed of these masses of little critters. Neanuridae?
Court ship in the spring
Collembole Deuterosminthurus bicinctus var. puncteola
Collembole Deuterosminthurus bicinctus f. flavus
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Here you can see the eye better than in the previous photo.
The background is a slice of potato where light is focused on.
It has been a while since I went on a Springtail safari in the back garden. These are from a recent trip to the bins.
Lots of these Dicyrtomina saundersi globular springtails under fallen yew tree bark in the local churchyard today. These two ran to the edge, and I managed to get a few stackable shots before they disappeared underneath. Sadly, didn't get an antenna shot in time to complete the set!
Canon MP-E + 2x teleconverter + diffused Speedlite flash. Magnification ~ x8.
A predatory mite with a captured springtail. Found in leaf-litter in our Staffordshire garden this morning. A mini-drama in action ...
I had my first proper garden springtail foray of the autumn yesterday. Photographed three different globular springtail species, including this one. This is a focus-stack (but of just two images), to improve DoF.
These are generally described as dark-forms of Sminthurinus aureus. In our garden, this form is very common and the "golden" form quite scarce. The dark forms are also noticeably-larger.
A third springtail species at the same location - another Entomobrya I believe. This is another tiny one, maybe 2.5 mm.
(Thanks Frans for the species ID 👍)
All the snow has finally cleared from our Staffordshire garden and I'm able to recommence my regular springtail hunts. I'm pleased to see that this species is still present; having seen two individuals in the last couple of days.
Now; I usually record this on Flickr as Katianna nr schotti. Looking on the listings of the UK Collembola Recording Scheme at Roehampton, this is listed as Katianna schoetti. I'm assuming that these are synonyms for the same species, but not really sure!
Today a quest for springtails with the tamron 90 mm and kenko extension tubes. The springtails are to find, but hardly to seen. Why they let me wait so long at Canon for the repair of my mp-e 65 mm, for the second time this year. (5th week already now, before it was 6,5 weeks)
I found this little one in wood.
A ruler in cm photographed with tamron 90 mm and kenko extension tubes, the springtails photographed on the same way and then the 2 pictures merged (only the measurement lines). So you can see the dimensions. A special for Frans Janssens :o)
Strolling past a small shieldbug nymph, this globby is still dwarfed. It's ~0.5mm long, and there were hundreds of these and larger Dicyrtomina species globbies on just this one marble headstone at Brookwood. Conditions were damp today and the algae growing in the shade of a giant redwood, obviously providing perfect grazing conditions.
With all the damp weather, there are quite a few springtails around in the garden. Whilst checking them, I found this Sminthurinus species. With the dark body and pale head, I'm wondered whether it might be S. igniceps.
I was out looking for Katiannid springtails for my garden survey when this Dicyrtomina saundersi wandered into view. I've been neglecting these recently, so took the opportunity for a few shots.
This one has just adopted the first stage pre-spring position. She did it several times, but didn't complete the manoeuvre. I think it's a female because of the pale "cheek" immediately below the eye. This area is often pigmented in mature males.
It's been cool, damp and not too breezy in the garden recently, so I've turned my attention back to springtail hunting. Here's a selection of Sminthurinus (I'm assuming) species that I've photographed over the past two weeks.
Was pleased to see S. trinotatus (bottom row, second left); only the third time I've seen it here over the last ten years.
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!
My favourite lens; the Canon MP-E65mm Macro is on my camera most of the time. I use it this time of the year for photographing springtails and other soil meso-fauna. It has been giving the dreaded "error 01" message intermittently and I've decided to finally get it repaired.
Knowing I might be without it for a while, I spent some time in the garden this morning, searching under fallen leaves. I've been seeing quite a few Sminthurinus springtails recently. After a long period finding nothing, I decided to have just one more check. The final leaf I checked had this underneath it. It's one of several "novel" species that have been reported in recent years in the UK. It's designated Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov.. This looks like an immature individual.
I have found this species in a couple of locations in Staffordshire and neighbouring Shropshire. I once even travelled to Sheffield Botanical Gardens to see my first one. It's great to know that I've actually got it in my garden too. I nice final find before my lens goes away!
Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. This individual ~0.7mm.