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Jer 🚲jerzone@techhub.social
2026-02-08
MadsStilling@pixelfed.social
2025-12-24
I only see the #springtails when I'm editing...
the centipede is was about 25mm long in total, and this is just a section.

Second image is a globular springtail photobombing.

#photography #globularspringtail #nature #naturephotography #winter #arthropod #denmark #macro #macrophotography #cygnustechdiffuser #darktable #sonya7iii #centipede #springtail #tamronmacro #fullframe
Centipede filling the left side of the screen and a springtail on the right.Globular springtail photobombing.
treefultreeful@sunny.garden
2025-11-17

Sharing is caring! What's better than a meal with a friend?

#snail #springtail #fungi #fungiFriends #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #art #MastoArt #fediart #photography

A springtail and a snail stand facing a fuzzy fungus. The springtail is about as large as the snail's "head" and the snail is about as large as a pencil eraser.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-10-16
Not the best photos, but I was very excited to find this Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus in the field!

#springtail #arthropod #sminthurinus #invertebrate #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #inaturalist #bcparks #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extremely close top-down view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head.An extremely close side view of a cute round little black springtail with two white spots on its body and some white on its head.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-09-26
Didn't find a lot of springtails in the Okanagan last spring, so this Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) was quite exciting! Photographing on white trays is still challenging for me.

#springtail #collembola #bourletiella #arthropod #invertebrate #bcparks #macro #inaturalist #macrophotography #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada
An extremely close photo of a tiny springtail, a round-bodied six-legged arthropod, walking across a flat white surface.
Stefan F. Wirthstefanfwirth@biologists.social
2025-09-16

#Springtail #Orchesella #cincta is up to 4 mm long, native to #Europe/Canada and is #herbivorous/ fungi-bacteriovorous, #living e.g.in dead plant tissue. Specimen below: on #deadwood with island-like #fungalgrowth, mites, e.g. #Linopodes, and i.a. #isopods.
G. Ernsting & J. A. Isaaks (2002) found the #dimorphic #gendersize with smaller males being due to growth inhibition by #spermatophore development.

© #StefanFWirth, #Berlin 2025

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doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.20

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© S.F. Wirth 2025

Springtail Orchesella cincta (Collembola) is common in Europe and one of our largest species. It can have an alterations between feeding phases and reproduction phases depending on ecological conditions and have a male size dimorphism. My specimen was found on the underside of a large deadwood branch on a semi dry meadow in urban park Rehberge in Berlin. That wood contained a complexity of organisms, such as fungi, mites or isopods. I also the morphologically striking mite Linopodes there. See my sci commun. article on X https://x.com/wirthstef/status/1967617570854388140?t=BwrFmpoIG1vnbp4iDLLFLA&s=19 © Stefan F. Wirth Berlin September 2025Springtail Orchesella cincta (Collembola) is common in Europe and one of our largest species. It can have an alterations between feeding phases and reproduction phases depending on ecological conditions and have a male size dimorphism. My specimen was found on the underside of a large deadwood branch on a semi dry meadow in urban park Rehberge in Berlin. That wood contained a complexity of organisms, such as fungi, mites or isopods. I also the morphologically striking mite Linopodes there. See my sci commun. article on X https://x.com/wirthstef/status/1967617570854388140?t=BwrFmpoIG1vnbp4iDLLFLA&s=19 © Stefan F. Wirth Berlin September 2025Springtail Orchesella cincta (Collembola) is common in Europe and one of our largest species. It can have an alterations between feeding phases and reproduction phases depending on ecological conditions and have a male size dimorphism. My specimen was found on the underside of a large deadwood branch on a semi dry meadow in urban park Rehberge in Berlin. That wood contained a complexity of organisms, such as fungi, mites or isopods. I also the morphologically striking mite Linopodes there. See my sci commun. article on X https://x.com/wirthstef/status/1967617570854388140?t=BwrFmpoIG1vnbp4iDLLFLA&s=19 © Stefan F. Wirth Berlin September 2025
gerggregsmith@pixelfed.social
2025-07-05
A tiny springtail, Morulina sp. (left), and a beetle mite, Oribatellidae sp. (right), crawling over white-footed slime, Diachea leucopodia. Springtails are hexapods - they have six legs - but are not considered to be insects due to their internal mouthparts.

#macro #nature #springtail #notaninsect #mite #beetlemite #slimemould #slimemold
A springtail, Morulina sp. (left), and a beetle mite, Oribatellidae sp. (right), crawling over white-footed slime, Diachea leucopodia, that's growing on a decaying eucalyptus leaf.
Frank Ashwoodfrankashwood@flipping.rocks
2025-06-26

Like all arthropods, springtails need to shed their exoskeletons to grow - and I recently got very lucky to find a giant springtail that had just moulted!

I don't know if anyone's ever photographed this before!

#SoilEcology#SoilBiodiversity #Collembola #Entomology #Macrophotography #Springtail #Nature #NaturePhotography

A photograph of a giant springtail - a soft-bodied blue invertebrate covered in soft spines - standing on top of a pale moulted exoskeleton.
Colin Purringtoncolinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2025-05-16

Old photo but now with a completely different ID, Ptenothrix renateae, thanks to some kind people on iNaturalist. I read through the 1985 description of this species and am guessing it's the dorsal pattern that gives it away. #springtail #collembola #inaturalist #macro inaturalist.org/observations/8

Damon Tighedamontighe
2025-04-10

Found this globular springtail on some
Morels this week in Oakland. The chillest I’ve ever met, just went about its business eating the mushroom while I creeped on in with a camera for a very very long time.

Globular springtail with a very round rump and cow like face. Body is covered in black and purple splotches
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-04-05
A twofer! A springtail (probably a juvenile Ptenothrix), riding on the back of a weevil (Sthereus horridus). I often find springtails riding other animals.

#springtail #weevil #beetle #sthereus #ptenothrix #arthropod #invertebrates #inaturalist #macro #macrophotography #canada #britishcolumbia #vancouver
An extreme close-up photo of a dark weevil with bronze highlights on its pronotum and distal leg segments. A much smaller, pale reddish springtail, a globular-shaped animal similar to an insect, is riding on the weevil's back.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-28
Orchesella villosa is one of my favourite springtails! They're quite large (up to 4-5mm or so) and very fuzzy looking.

#springtail #orchesella #arthropod #invertebrates #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #inaturalist #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
A close-up photo of a six-legged arthropod with a mostly pale/yellow body with a large number of black markings, and with a body covered in very long hair-like structures that look a bit like a large mohawk haircut.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-24
Ptenothrix beta is one of many globular springtails that I find around the Lower Mainland, though this species is less common than the many undescribed Ptenothrix species!

#springtail #ptenothrix #arthropod #invertebrates #inaturalist #wildlife #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
An extreme close-up of a tiny six-legged arthropod with a round football-shaped body covered in geometric patterns of dark orange-brown over a pale yellowish base.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-18
A little silver springtail, probably Lepidocyrtus.

#springtail #collembola #lepidocyrtus #arthropod #invertebrates #wildlife #wildlifephotography #macro #macrophotography #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
A tiny, long arthropod with a silver body, a round head with dark eyes, and six legs clambers over a corner of decayed wood on a rainy background.
Guerric HachéGarrickWinter
2025-02-18

A little silver springtail, probably Lepidocyrtus.

A tiny, long arthropod with a silver body, a round head with dark eyes, and six legs clambers over a corner of decayed wood on a rainy background.
myrmepropagandistfuturebird@sauropods.win
2025-02-16

I never knew that a #springtail could have antennae like these! I just saw this little one over on tumbr and I'm amazed. This one is from the genus Temeritas, spotted in Japan.

It looks like a berry with two cat whiskers stuck in it. Amazing creature! #SpringtailSunday

@frankashwood looook!

(pics by pita_gooora, iNaturalist: inaturalist.org/observations/1)

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globular springtail. It's a tiny insect of the leaf litter. Dark burgundy and very round with a spherical matte body covered in fine, dull orange setae. The head is pear-shaped with two tiny black eyes near the top. The most remarkable feature are the long, long antennae. They are at least three times the length of the body of the tiny arthropod. They are curved and spread out wide. The base of the slender antennae are striped in deep brown and white the long ends are just white. Although very delicate, they are also textured with fine hairs if your look closely.Another view of the same springtail. This time with a green background. Only part of the creature is in focus because it's so tiny.
Guerric HachéGarrickWinter
2025-02-14

A tiny Ptenothrix springtail hanging out in the frost.

A small, globular arthropod with a patterned yellow and orange body stands in a small clear spot of wood in the middle of a large amount of frost. The animal is extremely small, and the wood and frost are very close-up.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-14
A tiny Ptenothrix springtail hanging out in the frost.

#springtail #collembola #ptenothrix #arthropod #invertebrates #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #inaturalist #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
A small, globular arthropod with a patterned yellow and orange body stands in a small clear spot of wood in the middle of a large amount of frost. The animal is extremely small, and the wood and frost are very close-up.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-06
A springtail of the genus Morulina, feeding on some slime mold!

#springtail #morulina #slimemold #arthropod #invertebrates #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #inaturalist #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada
A grey, pudgy, round arthropod with stubby legs and long sparkling hairs waddles on wet wood, its head down as it eats some pale yellowish slime mold that is growing in veins across the wood. The wood grains are clearly visible, such that the animal is clearly very small.
Guerric HachéGuerricHache@pixelfed.social
2025-02-03
A tiny neanurid springtail.

#springtail #neanuridae #macro #macrophotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #inaturalist #vancouver #britishcolumbia #canada #arthropod #invertebrates
A small, plump grey arthropod with stubby round antennae and sparse, thin silvery hairs walking across a piece of wood covered in algae and moss. The animal is so small that wood grains and individual moss leaves are clearly visible.

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