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Still playing with my 10X microscope objective setup. Globular springtail focus stacked by hand in PS. FOV width= 2.25mm
Lichen off of bark is their favorite food. They are thriving in good numbers in three cultures. Originally collected from my backyard
Springtail - Hypogastura sp.. Canon 1D3 + MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 1.4x Extender.
(Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID)
The clear tube extending to the left is an eversible vesicle, one of two that a springtail has.They are basically built-in drinking straws. I was delighted that I got to see them in action.I focused on the drinking straw at the expense of focus on the springtail itself...
Had a look around my cold, slush-covered garden this morning, and found just a few of these Dicyrtomina saundersi globular springtails. This example in pre-moult stage, had its mouthparts extended in all the shots, although it wasn't actively feeding.
Canon 1D3 + MP-E 65mm Macro (at x5) + MT24-EX Flash (-2/3 FEC). Cropped a bit.
Before being driven home by the rain today, I managed to photograph some of these springtails. I like the rather fetching opalescent finish! Lepidocyrtus curvicollis; a new species for me. Thanks Frans for the ID.
MP-E 65mm (at x5). Cropped about 25% to remove some unattractive "crud".
These are photos of my untamed yard. You can see my wetlands in the background.
Taken in Battle Ground, Clark Co., WA, USA
Thought I recognised this from one of Eddie's photos so I went back through my photos. I haven't got any decent photos but this is probably ok for an ID... This brings the total of different globular springtails on my pond up to a possible seven! S. aquaticus, S. malmgreni, Bourletiella arvalis, Dicyrtomina ornata, Dicyrtomina minuta, poss. S. aureus and the unidentified white-banded one. Cool!
And when I say 'my pond', I mean actually just 4 inches of my pond...!
AJC Springtails: 16.06.18 - Bradgate Park collembolla.blogspot.com/2018/06/160618-bradgate-park.html
Springtails graze on algae growing on our deck. They seem to come out in force this time of year, especially with the warm weather.
Brewster, Massachusetts - Cape Cod
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In P. longicornis, the empodium is about 1.2 times as long as the claw due a thin filament on its tip (P. flavescens has no filament on any empodium).
An odd little creature I found when I brought out the macro lens after having lunch on the west coast of Maria Island. It would have hardly been longer than a small ant and was a rather brilliant blue! Here he is seen clambering over the seaweed.
Any ideas as to what it is??
After not seeing these for a while locally, there are now quite a few once more. I suspect that the moisture levels in the leaf litter is "just right" again.
I would have confidently called this Sminthurinus reticulatus in the past, but Frans Janssens advises me that unless the reticulate pattern contains significant levels of black pigmentation, they should be called Sminthurinus aureus forma reticulata. Whatever the name, it's lovely to see them again! This one ~0.7mm.
Canon 1D3 + MP-E 65mm Macro (at x5) + MT24-EX Flash (-2/3 FEC). Cropped a bit.
[Update: Frans reckons that the pattern on this is sufficiently dark for this to be Sminthurinus reticulatus. Thanks Frans.]
I found this in the woods today too. Don't know what it is apart from it's probably a sminthurus of some sort... And problems with the light again. It's a bugger.
Not sure on this one... perhaps just a dark Dicyrtomina ornata, but the shape looks wrong, and the legs too pale. They normally end up being that, though...
Found a few, all tiddlers at ~0.8 mm long, all on an ornamental gorse-like shrub.
29/12/2013
The last one today I promise! Sorry, I really am obsessed at the moment. I do apologise... I have another day off tomorrow, so if it's not raining there will be more of the same. Be warned!
Kissing Collembola: 46.18.32.69/~doehetzelf/images/maddison/serrat01.jpg
Life in the Undergrowth video segment on Springtails: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwOL-MHcQ1w