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

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Taken at 5:1- this little guy would not keep still. A springtail about 0.9mm body length

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

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Shot at 3.7:1 105EX +65mm ext rings+reversed 50mm and slightly cropped.

Interesting design on it's back as it turns around (see sequence)

Springtail on ox-eye daisy petal

Another take of the springtail I posted yesterday. This shows what I think is it´s mouth more clearly.

Merged image of 3 shots of a tiny springtail on a greenhouse strut. About 0.6 mm body length. Think it's Sminthurinus niger. Has dreadfull trouble with this little springtail- it never stopped walking about :)

Another fancy a date Mrs?

I was up at Ham Wall, on the Somerset levels, and amongst the S. niger and B. hortensis that refused to be photographed, were these monsters. Edit- I thought it was B. arvalis but it's just a light B. hortensis. The largest ones, like this one, are as big as S. viridis, so easily spotted with the naked eye.

Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.

Photo taken in Danum Valley, Malaysian Borneo.

Isotoma sp.? Or Entomobrya cf. nivalis (huňatka sněžní, chvostoskok snežný)?

Springtail from the garden

Poduromorpha.

Pasir Ris shore, Singapore

Springtails on clay pot

Globular springtail on blue wheelie bin lid

Spotted this moving speck on the car- thought it was a red spider mite but it turned out to be a tiny globular springtail. Taken at 4:1 and cropped. About 0.7mm body length.

ID'd by Frans as Deuterosminthurus pallipes

Portrait of a springtail - globular springtail on the arm of a sunchair. Taken at 5:1 FF, focus stacked and cropped a bit

The springtails were VERY lively today, I think they got a bit warm in the lovely sun we had this morning! They were running and jumping all over the place!

Eddie - take a look at the lens!!!!!

White blind springtails -Kalaphorura burmeisteri on leaf litter. About 1.9mm body length

small springtail, ca. 2mm in size. Taken handheld.

Pleased that the wind had dropped a bit today, so went to my local churchyard again looking for "variations" in the local Sminthurinus springtail population. I have been seeing some particularly dark forms recently.

Here's a collage from some of today's findings with my thoughts as to type. All the green-background ones are from the same leaf.

1. Some of the reticulate patterning has dark pigment; could be Sminthurinus reticulatus.

2. A juvenile Sminthurinus aureus f. reticulata.

3. An adult Sminthurinus aureus f. reticulata.

4. Possibly a juvenile Sminthurinus reticulatus.

5. Not sure about this one; particularly with abdomen out-of-focus.

6. Possibly an adult Sminthurinus reticulatus.

Canon 5D3 + MP-E 65mm (at 5x) + 1.4x Extender + 36mm extension tube + MT24-EX Flash. Magnification x8. All cropped significantly for the collage.

springtail of sorts - don't know much about these beasts

Springtails on the compost bin rim

Springtail

Size approx 2mm.

Superdomain: Neomura

Domain: Eukaryota

(unranked): Opisthokonta

(unranked) Holozoa

(unranked) Filozoa

Kingdom: Animalia

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa

Clade: Bilateria

Clade: Nephrozoa

(unranked): Protostomia

Superphylum: Ecdysozoa

(unranked): Panarthropoda

(unranked): Tactopoda

Phylum: Arthropoda

Clade: Pancrustacea

Subphylum: Hexapoda

Class: Entognatha

Subclass: Collembola

Order: Poduromorpha

Superfamily: Neanuroidea

Family: Neanuridae

Subfamily: Neanurinae

Tribe: Neanurini

Genus: Neanura

Species: N. muscorum

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

Springtail feeding in the treads of an aluminium ladder 6 foot off the ground

Springtail

~4mm long

Springtail Entomobrya intermedia pollen noshing on a yellow bottlebrush flower

shot at 2:1 and cropped- bug about 2mm long- accidently using ISO800 at the time

Not sure what this is

Has been identified as springtail Entomobrya intermedia

Springtails on the compost bin rim

Springtail investigating an Osteospermum flower centre

Springtail- Vertagopus arboreus, on a water barrel

a little moving black dot less than 2mm long

Entomobrya intermedia?

I dont know why this happened, but it appeared that the one on the right was preying on his fallen comrade on the left. The Springtail on the right was approx. 3mm.

I can never get these isotomids right... but that's my best guess until I'm told better. :o)

Globular springtail on water barrel lid - focus stacked from 2 shots using zerene

This is one of the two adults that were on the wood with the juveniles.

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

Globular springtail

Back out today in search of these little springtails again.

Canon 5Dmkiii, Fitted with a 2x Entender, Plus a MP-E65, MT-24EX Flash fitted with my diffusers, one handheld shot using a monopod.

Small springtail on a water barrel