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Have to admit I didn't notice the tiny springtail when I was trying to shoot the larger one. Larger sprintail about 3mm body length
Noticed one of these bouncing over the surface of a large pond. They seem to be able to cover a fair distance with long series of jumps over the surface of the water.....looking at the pics when I got home it seems they have an adapted furca that looks like it acts as a paddle to create greater resistance against the water when jumping forward. Clever beastie :-)
Following the 1st one I saw lead me to a small rock with a dozen or so on them. They were also on other rocks poking through the surface near the waters edge.....there were loads of them!
A springtail crawling across. a damp rotted log and liverwort fronds. Taken with a 100 mm macro lens and two extension tubes (31 mm and 21 mm). No flash used , the light is from the sun.
So much variability… I’m attempting once more to culture them. Hopefully this can eventually lead to some cool discoveries! I only find Isotomurus bimus with this appearance along the shores of the Vermillion River and the streams that flow into it. Not even in the vernal pools a couple hundred feet from the river…
I think this springtail is in the Genus Folsomides, probably F. parvulus? This one was probably less than 1mm. I can't tell for certain from these photos, but it seems like the 4th-6th abdominal segments are not fused and that the abdomen slopes downwards.
Not sure on this one... perhaps just a dark Dicyrtomina ornata, but the shape looks wrong, and the legs too pale. They normally end up being that, though...
Found a few, all tiddlers at ~0.8 mm long, all on an ornamental gorse-like shrub.
29/12/2013
Springtail?? on wood, the approximate size is 3.91 mm, magnification is 1.95
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Botanical Garden, Carretera a Cotoca Km 8, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Springtail on the windowsill. Not certain but looks like it has lost a rear leg (no I didn't touch it)
this springtail "Lepidocyrtus curvicollis" is 2 to 3mm. found it on a stone wall not far from where i live.
I am unable to determine this Entomobryidae. It looks like an Orchesella, but lacks the distinct color patterns of Orchesella villosa or Orcheslla quinquefasciata.
Poor shot, overexposed - but my first ever springtail photo! Found in leaf litter.
Springtails have the widest distribution of any hexapod group, occuring throughout the world, including Antarctica. They are probably the most abundant hexapods on Earth, with up to 250,000,000 individuals per square acre. They are found in soil, leaf litter, logs, dung, cave, shorelines, etc. There are about 6000 known species.
Source: tolweb.org
It looks very like one we decided was D. antennatus: www.flickr.com/photos/77849983@N00/4489272406/ but with somewhat less striking banding, and more hair. Could be D. tigrina, though?
About 2 mm, from dense moss under gorse and nettles.
Thanks to Frans for the the likely ID.
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/
This one was even smaller than the other globular springtail I found. It does appear to be the same species, however.
Springtail
Ptenothrix marmorata
Springtail City!
Found on an overturned log in mixed woodland. These springtails are springless.
~1mm