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

Springtails grazing on clay pot.This is part of my springtail habitat which is just an upturned clay pot on top of some damp pond filter material on a water barrel lid. Taken at 1:1 FF

Hairy!

30-iii-2013

Orehesella cincta

Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

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Globular springtail on a water barrel with a blue milk bottle top placed behind it.

A globular living in abundance on some sandy ground by the roadside (sand dumped after building work somewhere).

Protaphorura aurantiaca?

Finally found one that wasn't dead or on a leaf!

And just for interest- check out the courtship ritual- www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sq2gjsysG0

Scenic shot of the rim of one of my compost bins colonised by springtails. There is a lid so these would normally be totally in the dark.