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A giant springtail- this one is 2.5mm body length. Taken at 2:1 and cropped. Focus stacked from 3 pics
Sad. These were victims of surface tension, too small to escape from each other. Some had already died when I saw them. Needless to say. I separated them after the photo! Next to them is a flatworm- Dugesia sp.
It took a while, waiting to see if they'd move together for a photo, and they did! Sphaeridia pumilis...
I was photographing the Drosera plants and noticed what I thought was a springtail trying to get free from a spiderweb. The spiders build small webs just above the ground and somehow the webs get covered with water droplets that can be wet all day.
It looks as if the springtail was drinking the water droplet or was getting nutrients out of it.
Information regarding Springtails www.orkin.com/other/springtails/
photo taken in France in the Dunes in Picardy near the Parc du Marquenterre. These dunes are wet (resurgence of sources and influence of the tides).
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 ?
I knew I would find some in my parents garden, I remember a few years ago taking a photo of a snail in the garden and this tiny creature intruded into frame, I now know it was one of these guys, this is the last Globular Springtail upload, I promise(Until I find some more LOL)
Life in a mushroom. This little collembola (Entomobrya sp?) was hanging out between the gills of this mushed up mushroom. Taken at around 3.5X
I went back to the woodland today where I photographed the Allacma fusca springtails recently. I found a few more including this one, which I'm assuming is an Allacma fusca juvenile. At 1.5mm it was much smaller than the adults I've seen, was paler and considerably more "sprightly". This one was scurrying along a piece of rotten wood.
Interestingly, I had a good look through some other areas of woodland about 100m from where I photographed these, and found none at all. I suspect it may be due to slight differences in levels of moisture on the woodland floor. I just count myself lucky that I've found an area that's particularly productive!
Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm Macro (at x5) + MT24-EX TwinLite Flash.
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 maturing individual of 1.1 mm; lateral and frontal shots. There's a colony of this globular springtail (Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov.) in our Staffordshire garden.
Springtails foraging amongst lichens on an old gravestone. Haven't seen this type before.
Canon 1D3 + MP-E 65mm Macro (at x5) + MT-24EX Flash.
[Thanks Eddie and FRans for IDs]
Found on a puddle between sidewalk and grass/moss.
Taken in Battle Ground, Clark Co., WA, USA
Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.
Small (~ 0.6mm) globular springtail found in leaf-litter this morning. I'm assuming it's one of the Sminthurinus colour variants, but I really struggle with these.
I'm seeing quite a few subtle colour variations in individuals at the moment, but struggling to get reasonable photographs of most of them. I'll keep trying though. I find that these little Sminthurinus types are particularly "jumpy"!
Canon MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 1.4x Extender + MT24-EX Flash. Cropped a bit.
I was looking through my photos of this little springtail again and this one caught my eye as being somewhat interesting both due to the view of mouth parts and good view of what I think might be the PAO? Also just a fun shot. I like the composition of the other better but this one makes me smile.
A rescued globular springtail. I rescued it off a water surface using a credit card - that's the edge of the card in the photo.
Focus stacked using zerene.
Oddly I found it easier to rescue them with a flat card than it is with say a milk bottle top or spoon.
Springtails are primitive, wingless insects that feed on algae, fungi and decaying plant material. They are common in moist areas and enter buildings through cracks and crevices. Springtails "j
A very typical scenario with springtails, they get in a position where you can't get a the shot you want!
This was an interesting-looking one, but is refused to budge from behind this fold at the edge of the leaf. Typically, I got fed up waiting and tried to re-position the leaf. It sprung away!
Was out again today, photographing and collecting springtails for the Shropshire Springtail Atlas. This time it was in Tong churchyard.
On the left are two members of the Entomobryomorpha; an Entomobrya at the top and Orchesella cincta at the bottom. The middle column features Symphypleona; Dicyrtomina saundersi at the top and a Sminthurinus sp at the bottom (either niger or a dark form of aureus, not quite sure). The right-hand column has Poduromorpha; Neanura muscorum at the top and a Hypogastrura sp. at the bottom.
Lots of the damp gravestones had hundreds of Dicyrtomina saundersi on them. A good day. May go back tomorrow!
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)