View allAll Photos Tagged 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.
Globular springtail - still playing with background colour/reflections with these using a flower behind the subject
Springtails are very small but they give themselves away by jumping around in a demented manner when you disturb their leaf litter. Taken with flash and a 100mm supplementary lens.
I found a bunch of these large Poduromorpha springtails under a log a few months ago. They were around 2-3mm long. My best guess would be that these are in the genus Neanura, but I'm not sure.
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)
Collemboland - In the land of the springtail, is a photo and film project that shows the beauty and diversity of the micro world under our feet, and in particular, explores the amazing world of springtails (Collembola). Currently, the work on the movie with the same title is underway.
watch here > youtu.be/oBP6QyzPiq4
The springtail is the horizontal bug - the other object is an insect poo :).
Springtail about 1.2mm body length
This is the other shot of the hopper I think that works. It suddenly appeared from under a grass blade and hopped onto this leaf. The two extensions are tremendously long and it moves in a wavy fashion similar to a praying mantis. Very small, just look at the leaf vein in the background. I didn't notice the extensions were in a cockscrew fashion until I got back and uploaded the photos. By the way, that's not the name of it, I'm still trying to identify it.
Really love the irredescence on these springtails. A bugger to light well though. This is the first pic of them in two weeks that I like...
Springtail exploring my water barrel - first day I've seen these about in about a week (been below 0'c)
Been trying to get a shot of this tiny springtail for a while.
Not a very clear shot, but at least shows the amazing colours of this little bug.
Springtail City!
Found on an overturned log in mixed woodland. These springtails are springless.
~1mm
Entomobrya atrocincta, juvenile male
Seriously, if there's a smaller one, I wouldn't even be able to see it. I could barely see this one. It was smaller than a millimeter, and only the fact that I was already visually "dialed down" looking for springtails and that it was moving allowed me to spot it. I only hoped my camera could record such a tiny thing, so I took a handful of shots and was delighted to discover that this one came out fairly well.
Frans, is this full grown, or a baby?
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.
Taken at 5:1 and cropped slightly - springtails about 1mm body length max. Trying to get pics of the hairs on the body for Frans to ID them
I'd been visiting friends in Devon and telling them about globular springtails. We were sat in a meadow, I looked for some and found this one pretty quickly. Wsn't around for long, which was a bugger. This was the best of the shots...
Globular springtail taken with an MPE-65 at 5:1 with a Raynox MSN-202 on the front giving around 9:1. Single shot
I had no idea that springtails came this big (heading to 1 cm). There were two on a moss covered log by the Wedge River.
I had no idea that springtails came this big (heading to 1 cm). There were two on a moss covered log by the Wedge River.
Uchidanurinae
There's a video now here:
sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmania/the-entognatha-ps...
A very pale looking globular springtail- assume it is Dicyrtomina sp.
see www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/1797126115/ for a 3-D version