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Globular Springtail (Symphypleona)
Size: ~1.5 - 2.0 mm
November 06, 2015
Mingo Creek County Park
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Found this brute hanging out on the stem of a overturned mushroom. Probably the largest globular springtail I've ever seen.
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Springtails - Found on a damp, fungus filled bridge over a stream at Snipedales. Quite a while since I have photographed these tiny creatures.
Springtails are primitive insects that live in moist areas such as leaf litter and soil, where they feed on algae, fungi and decayed vegetation. Some springtails can become pests indoors when the appear in large numbers, ofter associated with a moisture problem such as a water leak. These springtails were observed outdoors on a gas tank, likely feeding on algae. They are a type of "globular springtail," n the family Sminthuridae. Springtails get their name from the behavior of jumping when disturbed.
For more information about occasional invaders: nysipm.cornell.edu/whats-bugging-you/occasional-infesters
For more information about springtails: idl.entomology.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/Springtails...
I mean, really! How beautiful can one tiny little thing be? There were many different ones, I suspect some of the scales had rubbed off on some as they were much blacker with less iridescence.
Calvatomina opalina, found under leaf litter in healthy forrest. Felt like sharing despite the poor mans macro quality ;) Is there a way to post exact location on here? This was at the nature preserve portion to the west of the state park...
This was my first encounter with springtails, when I slipped on them. The entire rock was coated with a thin, slippery film of the tiny, hopping bugs. The majority of them were flowing downhill in teeming, writhing rivulets in the creases of the rock.
A few weeks ago I went on a springtail hunt, and these are some of the springtails I found. This guy was a new species for me. I'm pretty sure it is in the genus Onychiurus, the root-feeding springtails.
Angie went out with the boy today, but I stayed at home and took photos of the things crawling around on the lid of my compost bin.
The smallest springtail I have seen found it looking down a 1280x microscope in a drop of water from a leaf.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha
Subclass: Collembola
Order: Entomobryomorpha
Springtail - Pogonognathellus flavescens- October 2011, Cambridgeshire, UK
Many thanks to Frans Janssens for help with the correct ID
Homidia sauteri
Yay, the springtails are out! =) This one is particularly hairy. It also appears to have an aberrant antenna.
Two tiny globular springtails (~1mm) - Sminthurinus aureus. There were about a dozen on this leaf; the most I've ever seen. Typically, they all head (quite quickly) towards the edge of the leaf once you've turned it over, looking for shelter/shade presumably. I bit of glare in the shot as the leaf was rather wet.
Canon 1D3 + MP-E 65mm (at x5) + TwinLite Flash.