Globular springtail - natural light

Damp springtail on dew covered windowsill. Focus stacked using zerene

Low angle shot of a globular springtail on a fence rail. 2 shot focus stack using zerene

Taken in Battle Ground, Clark Co., WA, USA

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Tiny springtails. Proisotoma minuta on a leaf in the compost bin. All less than 1mm body length

Just waiting for rain to rejuvenate the forest. Katiannina macgillivrayi. You can bet that I plan on culturing them ;)

This beautifully coloured variety is a new type for me. This is the first time i have photographed one.

Globular springtail on grey wheelie bin lid. 1.9mm body length

Damp springtail on fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtails sailing X4 on a puddle on the compost bin lid

I've been playing around with my wife's Panasonic FZ8, reversing my 50mm f/1.8 in front of it. This gives an impressive macro performance, this springtail is only 3mm long!

I'm loving taking video, I'm absolutely itching to get a 550D and a 100mm L macro.

The soundtrack is artificial. I was surrounded by birdsong, but also next to a road! I hate the sound of traffic so I used a track with only birdsong.

Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.

Photo taken in Mt. Isarog national park, Philippines.

Globular Springtail -Dicyrtomina saundersi

Springtails on the underside of the compost bin lid X2

00 scale figure and globular springtail. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail

Springtail - Orchesella cincta

Springtails on the compost bin rim

Another one from today for the Katiannid springtail survey that I'm doing for FransJanssens@www.collembola.org. Again, another interesting individual.

This one (around 0.75 mm) looks like a breeding instar (no obvious gut content colouration) so could be an early adult instar. It's quite dark too. What a fascinating species!

Springtails - Found on a damp, fungus filled bridge over a stream at Snipedales. Quite a while since I have photographed these tiny creatures.

Probably Vitronura

As springtails recover from the drought, populations currently contain many recently emerged juvenile stages I am struggling to identify with certainty.

ID?

Another from a series of shots I'm doing for FransJanssens@www.collembola.org to establish the size and differences between the various instars of this Katiannid springtail. Here's a heavily-pigmented female from our Staffordshire garden today. Lateral and posterior view. A feeding instar.

Globular springtail on a windowsill

Back out today in search of these little springtails again, not sure which this one is but very cute anyway.

Canon 5Dmkiii, Fitted with a 2x Entender, Plus a MP-E65, MT-24EX Flash fitted with my diffusers, one handheld shot using a monopod.

Scales on ant1+2

Back out today in search of these little springtails again, not sure which this one is but very cute anyway.

Canon 5Dmkiii, Fitted with a 2x Entender, Plus a MP-E65, MT-24EX Flash fitted with my diffusers, one handheld shot using a monopod.

Springtail family?

White blind springtails in leaf litter longest one 1.2 mm long

I found this unfortunate Dicyrtomina saundersi globular springtail this morning, infected with fungus. I\'ve seen photographs of the same condition photographed by Edward Nurcombe (Eddie The Bugman) before, but have not seen it myself until today. Not a particularly jolly shot for the festive season I know, but interesting!

A seven exposure focus stack at F5.0, (using Zerene Stacker).

Not the best image but its my first globular springtail. This was a very small example 0.5mm

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.

Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods. They are no longer classified as insects (the other two lineages of modern hexapods are the Protura and Diplura).

Collembola are usually found in and around moist, rotting vegetation. The majority of species are tiny; some are elongate and others roundish.

Springtails are not plant parasites.

Pogonognathellus sp. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA.

Globular springtails on the side of my large pond just near the water line. I assume they are Sminthurides aquaticus although I'm puzzled that it is only the small ones picking each other up by the antennae - I thought this was part of their courtship behaviour ?

Springtail on a sunchair

Collemboles, springtails

Witnessed in my aquarium

Springtails on compost bin rim

Springtails. Smithurinus domesticus

Globular springtail on water barrel lid taken at 5:1 FF

Springtail on a damp windowsill, Isotomurus palustris. Not sure if I've seen this one before.About 2.6mm body length. Focus stacked using zerene