Springtail on the fence. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail on moss X4. Vertagopus arboreus

Springtail on a water barrel X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtails on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene

December 1, 2017

A bunch of springtails showed up on our deck this morning.

Brewster, Massachusetts

Cape Cod - USA

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Crop from Tiny springtails on a clay pot

Another tiny (less than 1mm long) rambler that I found on my compost bin yesterday. It's similar to that in my previous upload (Katiannidae springtail) but a brighter, and more orange, colour. I don't know whether it's exactly the same as the other one, or slightly different.

This is a single image at about 3x magnification using my MP-E 65mm lens, with some `redirected' on-camera flash (I still need to work on that!). The image was still quite underexposed (so needed some twiddling), was taken at high ISO, and is a large crop, so it's a bit noisy. Ideally, I need to sort my flash set-up out, and it'd be great to stack these, but they always seem to be constantly on the move.

Globular springtail on a water surface

Springtails on the compost bin rim X2

Globular springtail on a fence rail. Focus stacked using zerene. About 1.7mm body length. Dicyrtomina saundersi

Spotted this juvenile Dicyrtomina saundersii moving over a piece of terracota that had a spider in residence.

The poor thing got caught in a few strands of silk on the edge. It struggled for a few seconds to no avail, it even everted it's vesicles in an attempt to free itself.

As I'm a softy, I gave it the gentlest of nudges and it leapt free! Unfortunately it's leap took it into an even worse predicament, and was left dangling by it's legs and furcula from another part of the web.

Fortunately this time it was able to free itself quickly and escaped to freedom!!

Washington, DC

Left-hand one is 1.9mm long

Llanymynech Rocks, Shropshire.

Springtails in the crows nest. Ceratophysella sp. plus a tiny mite

Nikon D7100

lomo 3.7x 0.11 objective

55mm Extension Tube

f/4.5 - 1/250 - ISO 100

Dual Viltrox jy-610n II Speedlights 1/32 1/32 Yongnuo YN-24EX Macro Twin Flash 1/32

Homemade Diffuser

6 Images stacked (Handheld)

Field / Live specimen

Springtail on water barrel. Entomobrya intermedia. Focus stacked using zerene

A rather green looking Springtail - Entomobrya marginata grazing on algae

very heavy rain today, did manage to time my walk while the sun was shining. Not long after getting home, it poured with rain.

Not a great deal about, saw some more fungi and spotted a couple of Globular Springtails, Dicyrtomina saundersi, cute little bugs about 2.5mm in size

Small globular springtail on a clay flower pot. Has a nice covering of dewdrops. Sminthurinus niger

Around 0.8mm - 0.9mm long, these springtails have appeared from nowhere on the lumps of suet that I feed to the the rest of my menagerie. I assume that they are Sminthurinus domesticus, a species which survives only in indoor locations in this part of the world.

This one was hitching a ride on a Centipede.

Springtail size 3mm

Centipede size ?

Katianna maryae

very tiny, <1mm, under loose bark

Springtails building a snowman ?

Springtails on a fungus colony. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail on a fence X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail at 1.4 Mag about 2mm long

Springtail on damp lid. Red is from a flower placed well behind the springtail

A Merry Bug x mass everyone

Dew covered springtail on a clay pot

Springtail grazing on a clay pot X4. focus stacked using zerene. Lepidocyrtus sp.

I am very happy to share this new video where you can discover a small sequence of life of this beautiful Springtail. You'll see how much he loves flowers and its pollen :) Flickr limits the duration of the videos so do not hesitate to go on Youtube :)

Males F. dictyosminthurus are very active, they deposit several spermatophores on the petals.

Please watch the complete video (Full HD) :

youtu.be/XQLUaKk3KZE

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Je suis très heureux de vous partager cette nouvelle video où vous pourrez découvrir une petite séquence de vie de ce magnifique collembole. Vous verrez à quel point il aime les fleurs et son pollen :) Flickr limite la durée des videos alors n'hésitez pas à vous rendre sur Youtube :)

Soyez attentif, les mâles sont très actif, ils déposent plusieurs spermatophores sur les pétales.

Please watch the complete video (Full HD) :

youtu.be/XQLUaKk3KZE

Springtail on flower pot. Sminthurinus niger. About 0.8mm body length

Springtail on a fence X4. Vertagopus arboreus

stacking of 19 pics

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

Thanks to Frans Janssens for ID.

Globular springtail on a clay pot with tiny baby. Sminthurinus domesticus

Cross-eye stereogram

Springtail on a fence X2. Focus stacked using zerene

Some other globular springtails from my trip to Weston Park this morning. Top right looks like Sphaeridia pumilis. All others are Sminthurinus species. Top left looks a bit like the one I posted previously but with less dark pigmentation patches. Bottom left looks like it may be Sminthurinus reticulatus and bottom right Sminthurinus aureus forma ochropus.

Globular springtail on the side of the pond. Sminthurides aquaticus

Llanymynech Rocks, Shropshire

Saw lots of these fat little Globulars grazing on wooden fencing in the pouring rain yesterday

Globular springtail on a fence X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtails on a clay pot. Sminthurinus domesticus. About 0.6mm body length. Merged shots of the same springtail

Globular springtail on the greenhouse glass