Left-hand one is 1.9mm long

Llanymynech Rocks, Shropshire.

Springtail on the greenhouse roof X2. Focus stacked using zerene

Approx 0.5mm long

A very tiny Springtail found under leaf litter, I think it's a Lepidocyrtus curvicollis, approximately 1mm long. They have a pretty iridescent light blue colouring

Taken with Canon MP-E 65MM, 2X converter and defused flash at approximately 8X magnification hand held so not totally sharp

Llanymynech Rocks, Shropshire

Springtails on a compost bin lid X4. Proisotoma minuta

Springtails on clay pot X4

Globular springtail on the greenhouse roof X4. Focus stacked using zerene

This one was hitching a ride on a Centipede.

Springtail size 3mm

Centipede size ?

Globular springtail on water barrel. Focus stacked using zerene

The big one is the female, the small one the male.

I paid another visit to the walled garden at Weston Park this morning. The location has been very rewarding with respect to Sminthurinus springtails. The grass had been cut in the area I usually check, so I ventured into another part. I was not disappointed and found a number of forms including this one.

I'm assuming that it's a form of Sminthurinus aureus but I don't remember seeing one with this pigmentation pattern before. There's always something interesting in the world of the collembola. This individual ~0.8 mm.

[UPDATE: Potentially something interesting; including a possible new species (see Frans' comments below). I do hope I can find some more!]

Springtail on the fence. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail. Focus stacked using zerene

Springtail on moss X4. Vertagopus arboreus

High speed springtails on a fence X4. Vertagopus arboreus

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 a water barrel X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Globular springtail sitting on the fence X4. Focus stacked using zerene

The first globular springtail I encountered in our Staffordshire garden this morning was another Katianna nr schotti! Once again, I'm attempting to determine gender of these (as requested by Frans Janssens). There is a hint of a sub-anal appendage (SAA) on this one. If so, that would make it a female.

Globular springtail on a water surface

An Allacma fusca springtail, photographed in Durham, UK.

Springtails on the compost bin rim X2

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

Tiny little Hexapod - Dicyrtomina saundersi

5x vergroot

A springtail hunt on the garden waste bin and this is what I found

Globular springtails

One of many springtails out and about on a very warm winter day.

Hunting for springtails in Opitter(Belgium) in the garden of Frans Janssens

Found them on some bark when i looked for globular springtails :-)

Globular springtail on a dustbin lid. Focus stacked using zerene

Shot for Active Assignment Weekly, theme "Eye to Eye".

WIT

This is a Springtail, which can be found between rotting leaves in every garden. I collected a handful and took dozens of pictures, this one is more or less sharp. I used the Laowa 25mm F2.8 Ultrazoom at 5x magnification. The depth of field is extremely small. I could not use a tripod because these springtails move too much.

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

Springtails in compost bin X2.

Mon tout premier collembole !!!!!!!!!!!! / My first springtail

Savoir plus fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collembola

Orpinbleu on Flickeflu

Moulting springtail plus eggs ? X2 on the pond edge. Could not work out what this Sminthurides aquaticus springtail was up to when I took the shot it looked rather odd. When processing the pic I realised it looks as if it's moulting. Whilst studying this I then noticed it seemed to be sitting on a pile of springtail eggs

in a forest on a rotten branch.

Thanks Frans Janssens, for ID

Globular springtail raft.

December 1, 2017

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

Brewster, Massachusetts

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Springtail mountaineering class

Springtails building a snowman ?

Springtails on a fungus colony. Focus stacked using zerene