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I saw several dark-form Sminthurinus globular springtails at the local churchyard today. I only managed one in-focus shot though.
I like these little Sminthurinus springtails. They are quite tolerant to the disruption required to orientate and photograph them, but they never keep still. They are all less them 1mm. This one was about 0.7mm.
Interesting colouring on this example. Very dark head and body and yellow eyebrows; paler at the top. The legs and antennae have very dark mottling though. I don't often see this. Usually they are more uniformly yellow or in Sminthurinus niger; all black.
Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 2x Tele-extender + MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Cropped a bit.
A couple more shots from the compost bin springtail farm, got a bit closer this time. Not too keen on having my nose that close to the compost, but everything has a down-side I guess!
Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.
Found during a night hike in Mt. Kinabalu national park, Sabah.
Springtails on the underside of the compost bin lid. Quite a few of these moving around at high speed.
ID'd as Entomobryomorpha.
I watched this little Springtail (Tomocerus minor) crawl around for some time. They amaze me and I feel like I have found a new world! One of the benefits of winter when things have slowed down. I spend more time seeking out the smaller creatures.
Antennae divided into 5 sections (ant1a/b division difficult to see), ant4 annulated; empodium 80% as long as the claw.
This seems to be becoming the standard feature of my globular springtail hunts. I visit the local churchyard, carefully examine the underside of dozens of fallen leaves, and find just one individual.
Today's is another Sminthurinus reticulatus, to add to the Sminthurinus igniceps and Deuterosminthurinus pallipes that I've also found there in the past few days. I like this one's "camouflage" colouring and the bonus water droplet on the head! This is another very small individual; just over 0.5mm.
Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm (at x5) + 1.4x Extender + MT24-EX Flash. Cropped a bit.
Some small black flies attracted my attention by having a tussle on the track in front of us. I stopped to see what flies they were, but they disappeared. I noticed some tiny Springtails jumping and was very lucky that this little one stayed on a stick for a while.
I haven't been able to see any more of the last springtail I photographed.
Suburb of Perth WA
Not a great picture, but I am very excited, as when I got home and zoomed in on this picture I discovered I had taken my first ever picture of springtails! There are seven of them I think! (I don't know if anyone can make out a more specific Springtail ID?)
The fungi is Common Jellyspot (Dacrymyces stillatus), a widespread and common fungi found on wet timber like this wooden railing. It is a small orange gelatinous saprotrophic (decomposer) jelly fungus.
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.
I was shooting a damselfly and when it moved I saw these egg cases so I shot them. When I downloaded my shots, I saw I had caught what appears to be a springtail. It is hard to tell at this size though. In my zoomed in shots, he must have been on the back side of the grass.