springtail amongst slime mold
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Heybrook Ridge Trail
crop of one of a photo focus stack
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu01EUeE5PM
improved ( 150000 frames/second) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL5tLTkxuOI
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.545370
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springtail - Most species have an abdominal, tail-like appendage known as a furcula (or furca). It is located on the fourth abdominal segment of collembolans and is folded beneath the body, held under tension by a small structure called the retinaculum (or tenaculum). When released, it snaps against the substrate, flinging the springtail into the air and allowing for rapid evasion and travel. All of this takes place in as little as 18 milliseconds.[12][11]
lichen photos arranged by genus - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections/7215762439...
my photos arranged by subject - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections
springtail amongst slime mold
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Heybrook Ridge Trail
crop of one of a photo focus stack
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu01EUeE5PM
improved ( 150000 frames/second) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL5tLTkxuOI
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.545370
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springtail - Most species have an abdominal, tail-like appendage known as a furcula (or furca). It is located on the fourth abdominal segment of collembolans and is folded beneath the body, held under tension by a small structure called the retinaculum (or tenaculum). When released, it snaps against the substrate, flinging the springtail into the air and allowing for rapid evasion and travel. All of this takes place in as little as 18 milliseconds.[12][11]
lichen photos arranged by genus - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections/7215762439...
my photos arranged by subject - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections