Globular springtail on a fence. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail

Could this be the infamous Lucerne Flea (Sminthurus viridis)? Snug, Tasmania.

Update (thanks Frans - see comments below):

This little springtail does not have the features associated with the Lucerne Flea, namely being usually greener and with strong body macrosetae. It's features are more like those of the smaller Bourletiella arvalis, from the Bourletiellidae family, contained within the Sminthuridoidea superfamily.

Shot with a 1950s Sovjet lens on a M42 helicoid Adapter with a LTM 39 adapting ring screwed in. This concept setup defies the purpose of a modern macro lens imho.

This fellow found a springtail and allowed us to photograph the spider from all angles.

Springtails in the compost heap. Heteromurus nitidus

Collembole - Springtail - Dicyrtomina ornata

un Collembole d'1mm de long

a 1 mm long Springtail

N London, on Ivy - Syrphid larva catching a globular springtail

Springtail Entomobrya intermedia 4X

One of the commonest springtails. This one was 2.6mm long.

Went back and found it again

Finally, a photo I'm pleased with as a photo! It's been a while. 11:1 uncropped.

From Frans-

Sminthurinus elegans is a very variable species. The diagnostic pattern is 4 parallel longitudinal lines. The nominal species has a thin 5th middorsal line in addition to the 4 dorsolateral and lateral lines.

Some colour variants have a formal name. An overview:

forma signata : dorsolateral and middorsal lines missing

forma dorsalis : dorsolateral and middorsal lines missing, in addition on the dorsal posterior part of the great abdomen 2 or 1 (= 2 fused) spots

forma ornata : middorsal line missing

forma transversalis : dorsolateral lines missing

This specimen matches best with a dark forma ornata.

First confirmed photo of this species from the UK :))

Thanks to Frans for the ID :)

Taken at 900m in the Cairngorm National Park, Scotland.

Was titchy at only 1mm long

Globular springtail on a water barrel with a livid blue plastic lizard placed behind it for some colour :)

Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.

Found during a night hike in Kerinci Seblat national park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Springtails under spider's web

Springtail on woodlouse

Globular springtail on the greenhouse glass. Focus stacked using zerene

Spines on dens of the furcula simple in structure (not tridentate as in T. minor).

Just went and bought a cheap 28mm manual prime today(many thanx phillip's cameras of norwich)..........................i find this reversed lense macro bloody hard work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no crop

28mm reversed lense

tubes (cant remember how many lol)

Went back and found it again

Springtails on the compost bin rim

Springtail on the compost bin lid. Don't often see this type out in the daylight. About 2.0 mm body length

Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.

Found during a day hike in Mt. Isarog national park, Philippines.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

springtail on clay pot

Nikon D90 + Tamron 90mm macro f:2.8 + SB900 strobe.

Springtails . Sminthurinus domesticus

a Dicyrtomina saundersi springtail from leaf litter in the garden - note rear abdominal markings and distinct colour change between ant.2 and ant.3. Additional picture below can be viewed larger with a click

Springtail, Tomocerus minor walking on water in a milk bottle top. I scooped it from the surface of a large water filled bowl in the garden.

Thanks to Frans Janssens for the I.D.

This springtail is about 1.0mm long. I think it's the same species as my last springtail upload although its markings are different.The light was poor but i got a few decent enough shots. I liked this one though the focus isn't perfect.

Globular springtail on washing line. Focus stacked using zerene.

Taken at 5x mag and slightly cropped

Canon mp-e65mm, 5x mag, 30 image stack, f/4.5, iso 200, diffused mt-24ex. A slightly heavier image crop was needed as the subject was so small.