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A rather nice white springtail found in my little pitfall trap in oak litter. Trying to pin down the id, but struggling slightly... l.8 mm long.
Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.
Found during a night hike in Kerinci Seblat national park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
These are photos of my untamed yard. This is my path to the wetlands lol. I need to clear it again if i want to get through there!
Taken in Battle Ground, Clark Co., WA, USA
Dicyrtomina cf. ornata
Yes, I photographed that many distinct individuals in three nights! Three the first time, one the night before last, and the rest last night. It rained yesterday and they were everywhere, once I got to looking. One of those situations where I suddenly become aware that I may be committing mass murder by merely walking. =( Or maybe they're small/fast enough to get out of the way.
Bug Gwen is currently using this photo in her write-up on springtails.
Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt the postings of our usual jumping spiders for this special capture!
My first springtail. I've shot springtail before but only when they came into the frame when i was shooting something else, like when shooting an ant. :D
This one was 2mm long excl the antennae.
These globular springtails reside in the garden patio just outside my back door. They hide behind the ivy and under the boulders used as a retaining wall. It seems that there are several species but this one caught my interest with its white collar. In real life, they look like tiny black pinheads with a single, striking white dot on their back. It's as though they were wearing tuxedos.
I use a Canon G11 to which I've adapted a lens that I ripped out of an old Super 8 video camera. Lighting is supplemented with a single LED bicycle lamp that is on continuously. It is aimed just in front of the lens and helps to find the subject. All of this is held together with duct tape of course. What can I say, it works. I use a mini tripod from a Sony video camera that was rejected by its owner. It’s tough as nails and I totally abuse it leaning on it to get the focus and steady the camera. I usually use focus bracketing in manual focus mode to get three quick shutter releases. It does nothing for the focus. The lens combination (camera set at maximum zoom and focused to infinity) has a fixed focusing point so focus is entirely by moving the camera.
The distance across the crops is 3-3.5 mm. I determined this by taking pictures of an architectural scale.
Thanks to Frans Janssens for the ID.
Found during a night hike in Kerinci Seblat national park, Sumatra, Indonesia.
I have to pay better attention to composition with these shots. This setup - low, viewing the animal from the side - works much better, but seems straightforward only when they are on the edge of a leaf, or an exposed ridge or vein. More practice required :)
Canon EOS 5D mark III, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, 12+20+36mm Kenko extension tubes, Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT (handheld, Live View).
65+68mm, f/6.3, 1/200, ISO 3200 (ETTL+1?).
Cette photo d'un Orchesella qui se trouvait bien le bas en haut (et surtout la tête à l'ombre) permet de voir la furca, organe de saut des collemboles, et le tube ventral ou collophore.
This shot shows the furca (springing organ) and the ventral tube of a collembola.
- Nikon D90 + Tamron 90mm macro f:2.8 + 68mm macro tubes - SB 900 strobe
Width of area in pic about 5.5mm.....springtail about 3mm or so long. (shot at 4:1 on a sensor 22mm wide)
The encounter which triggered my springtail obsession. I had squatted down to photograph and this gorgeous white myxomycete as it underwent sporulation, and as I brought the slime mold into focus, I noticed an adorably wrinkly, bulbous blue 'blorpo' as they're affectionately called on instagram. immediately I was fascinated, and this fascination turned to incredulity that I'd never heard of these creatures before!
Indeed they were not insects, but an altogether different tiny creature, with a highly sensitised pair of antennae and what appears to me at least to be a rich social and cultural network as well, with complex mating rituals and fascinating everyday behaviour making them not only ideal photography specimens, but also an absolutely adorable and engaging subject to observe in temporary captivity as well.
currently the biggest barrier to understanding is probably the fact that I cannot distinguish between individuals within a group when filming or observing in person. if I can find a way to somehow 'tag' each one, then setting up fixed observation cameras to film would i believe reveal a rich spectrum of complex behaviours.