Large-ish female - about 1mm long

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

This springtail was walking on the edge of a glass microscope slide I have outside

Springtails come in many different shapes and sizes. They are all associated with moist environments, and when they are discovered indoors, it is always the result of a problem with standing water, a leak or rotting wood. For some detailed information about Collembola see: www.collembola.org/

Springtails and mite on the rim of my compost bin

A big springtail - Pogonognathellus flavescens. Focus stacked using zerene. About 4.4mm body length

Springtail at 1.5 Mag about 3mm long

Springtails on a mould in the compost heap.

Springtails on acer leaf -Proisotoma minuta. The springtails seem to like playing king of the castle and concentrate on the leaf edges and tips. The leaves are in a compost bin. Springtails about 0.8mm body length max.

On a threatened site in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland

One scoop into the sand and Johann had several of these small (~2-3mm) springtails. Rather a bear for me to photograph in the field. I seriously need to work on my field macro techniques.

Moana, Lake Brunner, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.

Springtails on acer leaf -Proisotoma minuta. The springtails seem to like playing king of the castle and concentrate on the leaf edges and tips. The leaves are in a compost bin. Springtails about 0.8mm body length max.

an Orchesella cincta springtail found in the ivy growing over the visitor centre of Hastings Country Park

First Dicyrtomina springtail of the season , on the lid of a water barrel. Focus stacked using zerene.

Dicyrtomina saundersi

Some more springtails today - from under stones around a little shelter by Llandrindod Lake. Quite productive, and only spent ten minutes there. :o)

Springtails on the compost bin rim - Ceratophysella sp.

A poorish 3 shot focus stack using zerene - the springtails will not stay still ! :)

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

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Today when I took out my trash I passed a piece of bark at the base of one of my maple trees. I picked it up and spotted these Poduromorpha springtails feeding on the underside. These were the biggest Poduromorpha springtails I've found; there were several that were at least 3mm long. The orange one is Vitronura giselae, but I don't know what the gray ones are. I don't even know if they are all even the same species. Any ID help is always appreciated.

This photo is uncropped. I added two more uncropped photos below for size comparison.

Springtail collembola , Neanura musscorum

A raft of globular springtails floating around on my small pond

These little springtails were on a sycamore back in March. There are still all over the tree. So tiny this is about the best I can do with getting a picture. Up close with a hand lens they are darn cute!

The smaller of two species of springtail which are unique to the Oregon Caves, it takes a keen eye to spot this thing in the wild. Easy to mistake for a piece of dirt or grime, this very much alive critter lives in pools within the cave.

Springtails and mites. I was surprised to see what looked like tiny shiny flies on the underside of a compost bin lid. Turned out they were small (baby?) springtails together with some mites

Lepidocyrtus sp

iny little Springtail, they run pretty fast too! Great to find one on first macro trip of the year and with the R5ii also.

Globular springtail - seeing a few of these now in their usual place on a water barrel lid

Fairly low level shot of what I think is a male globular springtail

Tomocerus vulgaris

Tridentate spines on the dens of the furcula.

Springtail The real size is 2.37 mm, magnification is 3.78

Canon EOS 750D / EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM / 12+20+36mm Kenko Extension Tubes / Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite

1/100 sec, ƒ/7.1, ISO 400 (per shot)

Handheld, 2-shot manual stack

Boxford, Massachusetts

Location: sandy grassland

Thanks to Frank Janssens for the ID.

Found during a hike in Danum Valley, Sabah.

On gilled fungus indet on a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland.

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

This one was on the underside of my pool heater pad.

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

I wonder if it is cyaneus.

Globular springtail - top view. On a water barrel lid. Focus stacked using zerene

Not the first time I've seen these around here, but the first time I've found them under stones; usually they seem to be on plants.

This is an uncropped photo at 11:1

The sundews are just poking their heads up. This one has attracted a mass of collembola.

Springtails on acer leaf -Proisotoma minuta. The springtails seem to like playing king of the castle and concentrate on the leaf edges and tips. The leaves are in a compost bin. Springtails about 0.8mm body length max.

Many, MANY springtails living under the bark of a dying tree.

Bourletiella arvalis