#springtail

@joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

1 week ago

A photo of a tiny orange springtail, with a fat round body and a big round head. It’s on a moth wing and you can see the moth wing scales in the photo.

A photo of a white moth on a white sheet. There’s a tiny orange spot on one of the wings.

Sometimes a moth is more than it seems.

I looked twice at this moth photo I was uploading to #iNaturalist. There was an orange spot on one wing. A parasitic mite?

No! It's a globular springtail!

I'm not sure if it hitched a ride into the moth light on this […]

[Original post on mastodon.nz]

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Mark Avery

@markavery.bsky.social

1 week ago

I think this is the springtail Entomobrya multifasciata but I wouldn’t get into a fistfight with anyone who thought otherwise.
#springtail #collembola #raunds #northants

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Stevie P

@stevieparsons.bsky.social

1 month ago

springtail (probably Isotomurus palustris)

The miniature world of a springtail (probably Isotomurus palustris, although there are other similar species). On the stamen of a Lesser Celandine. #insect #springtail #Collembola

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HoverflySpotterM.D

@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social

1 month ago

Leafhopper (Acericerus vittifrons)

Acericerus vittifrons

Cosmopolitan springtail (Entomobyra nivalis)

Weevil (Sitona sp)

⚰️ Critters on Gravestones 📄

Found these on top of some gravestones couple of days ago.

Cosmopolitan springtail (Entomobrya nivalis) and leafhopper (Acericerus vittifrons).

#Insects #Entomology #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #StayCurious #BugSpotting #Springtail #Weevil #Leafhopper #Gravestones

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Martin Lavelle

@martinlavelle.bsky.social

1 month ago

Dicyrtomina saundersi, a Springtail, on a wall. The antennae change colour halfway and there is a sort of "xmas tree" pattern rear centre of the abdomen

#Dicyrtomina saundersi a #globular #Springtail. Two seen in small Plymouth garden today.

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Martin Lavelle

@martinlavelle.bsky.social

1 month ago

Orchesella cincta Springtail with its distinctive belt and annulations on antennae, legs and rear of abdomen.

#Springtail #Orchesella cincta on gatepost, #Plymouth, #Collembola

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Tom Hibbert

@wildlifetom.bsky.social

1 month ago

Dicyrtomina saundersi, a mottled brown springtail with bi-coloured antennae and long white hairs protruding from its bulbous abdomen, walking across a wooden fence

Orchesella cincta, a long, thin dark springtail with yellow bands and striped antennae, resting on a wooden fence post

It’s a shame springtails are so easily overlooked. I think people would love them if they could see them — they’re like little cartoon characters!

Dicyrtomina saundersi and Orchesella cincta from Sherwood Forest last weekend. #springtail

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Biodiversity Data Journal

@bdj.pensoft.net

1 month ago

𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘪 is a new species of #springtail (Heteromurinae) discovered in Central Thailand.

Its identification follows an integrative #taxonomic approach combining morphological and #molecular data.

See the #OA article here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#newspecies #taxonomy #phylogeny

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Daniel Hannabuss

@dhphotographyinfo.bsky.social

1 month ago

A little more macro madness.......

#macro #photography #insects #slimemould #macrophotography #nature #bugs #springtail

www.dhphotography.info/macrophotogr...

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Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

1 month ago

Ceratophysella dobrolyubovae. Habitus and colouration.

#NewSpecies!
New #springtail from the #caucasus just sprang in:

Ceratophysella dobrolyubovae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/038187EB-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CeratophysellaDobrolyubovae

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #collembola

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Mehdi Ali Khan

@mehdialikhan.bsky.social

2 months ago

A cowfolk riding a Springtail swings a lasso over their head, back to the setting sun during a Nosey Isopod (Armadillidium Nastum) drive across the plains

#doodle

Armadillidium Nasatum my beloved 💖

#art #digitalart #sketch #isopod #rolypoly #springtail #crustacean #cowboy #conceptart #illustration

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Aussie Moths

@wa-moths.bsky.social

2 months ago

Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth These tiny critters have shaped the health of our planet for hundreds of millions of years.

Springtails are something I really need to take more notice of!

It would be amazing to see the giant springtails found in Australia and New Zealand before a warming and drying climate makes that impossible.

#ausinverts #wildoz #Springtail #Collembola #Hexapod

theconversation.com/meet-the-spr...

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Dusty McDusterson (He/Him) 🍄

@dustymcdusterson.bsky.social

2 months ago

The 2 springtails are on the left side of the conk, near where a portion of the stump is visible. The black little speck on the underside that is vastly easier to pick out had a good amount of webbing attached to the underside of the conk, hopefully still visible after compression.

Hopefully the critters still show up well after compression.

Can you spot the 2 #Springtail buddies on top & the #Spider visible on the underside of this oddly shaped Red Belted Conk fungi? Also sporting a little #Guttation.

#FungiFriends #Fungi

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Dusty McDusterson (He/Him) 🍄

@dustymcdusterson.bsky.social

2 months ago

Animation of a #Springtail, possibly Entomobrya corticalis, climbing the cap of this adorable bell #Fungi sprouting from a #Moss and #Lichen covered big leaf maple tree. Found on our walk exploring a new forest today. #FungiFriends

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Apollo labs photography

@mazf8.bsky.social

2 months ago

A group of springtails on some wood

Globular springtails the cutest things. I just love these like tiny Guinea pigs of macro world #macro #closeup #insect #bug #bugs #naturelovers #entomology #photooftheday #wildlifephotography #animals #perfection #art #olympus #ttartiisans #photography #itap #springtails #springtail #naturescolors

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ZooKeys

@zookeys.pensoft.net

2 months ago

Found in Iranian caves within the Alborz and Kopet Dagh mountain ranges, two new species of #springtail are described: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#subterranean #troglobionts #newspecies

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Plazi

@plazi-species.bsky.social

3 months ago

Habitus of Collophora greensladeae fixed in ethanol.

#NewSpecies!
New #springtail from #brazil just sprang in:

Collophora greensladeae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/46DFCD2D-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CollophoraGreensladeae

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #animals #collembola

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Beck 🌿🐝

@beckarooobanzai.bsky.social

3 months ago

Everyone is running for high ground. 🍄‍🟫
#fungifriends #springtail

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Martin Lavelle

@martinlavelle.bsky.social

3 months ago

An Orchesella cincta Springtail (visible hooped body pattern with some pattern on antennae) on front garden wall of terraced house.

#Orchesella cincta #Springtail in #Plymouth on day after storm. #Collembola

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Forest Gems

@shroomseeker.bsky.social

3 months ago

Pearls of mold on a Lycoperdon rimulatum. If you look closely you can spot springtails hiding out on the rim of a "crater".

#mycology #springtail #mushrooms #macrophotography #mould #fungifriends

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Medium Kahuna

@zeitgeist413.bsky.social

4 months ago

Finally got some isopods and springtails! T. tomentosa "Dwarf White" and Collembola sp. "Tropical White". Currently enjoying cucumber slices and oak litter while I prep colony bins. These tiny fellas will be the backbone of my tree frog enclosure!
#bioactive #terrarium #vivarium #isopod #springtail

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Debbie Rigden

@debrig63.bsky.social

4 months ago

A tiny fungi around 5-7mm, maybe a young Amethyst Deceiver, but next to it under leaf is a tiny globular Springtail, only seen when uploaded to the PC

A tiny fungi around 5-7mm, maybe a young Amethyst Deceiver, but next to it under leaf is a tiny globular Springtail, only seen when uploaded to the PC
#fungi #toadstool #Springtail #autumn #nature #macro

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Medium Kahuna

@zeitgeist413.bsky.social

4 months ago

Plants on a table in front of a window, from left to right; Dracaena 'Janet Craig Compacta', Pothos 'Marble Queen', Sanseviera 'Snake Plant', and two small dryopteris ferns.

First round of plants for my White's Tree Frog enclosure! Next up is the substrate mix and lights. I also need springtails and isopods, but it's too cold to ship 'em here- anyone in the Salem, OR area with stock for sale?
#bioactive #isopod #springtail #treefrog #terrarium #vivarium #SalemOR

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Jai 🪲📷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (VC59)

@jaiiiiiii1.bsky.social

4 months ago

The rear end of a small, bright orange poduromorph springtail, its head out of focus and reaching into a crevace of the bark it sits on.

Distribution map of M. grassei sourced from NBN Atlas, showing records mostly around southern england, some more appearing further into the midlands, though stopping entirely around Sheffield. A green dot is placed over Rochdale, in the north of Greater Manchester. The only records north of this are sparce, and come from the Republic of Ireland and the Glasgow + Edinburgh regions of Scotland.

Nice surprise today with the northernmost English record for Monobella grassei (approx location = Green dot)
Hopkin Checklist places it as 'MODERATELY COMMON IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND', though since then, many more records have populated the map across the midlands.
#collembola #entomology #springtail 🧪🪲

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Dusty McDusterson (He/Him) 🍄

@dustymcdusterson.bsky.social

4 months ago

Hopefully the pixels are enough to make out the tiny reddish-purple springtail posing at the base of the small immature false chantarelle fungi.

Walking amongst Giants.

A tiny #springtail poses in front of a tiny #FalseChantarelle.

#FungiFriends #Nature

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Quillipede

@quillipede.bsky.social

4 months ago

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.

Not the clearest 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

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Quillipede

@quillipede.bsky.social

5 months ago

An extremely close photo of a tiny springtail, a round-bodied six-legged arthropod, walking across a flat white surface.

Didn't find a lot of springtails in the Okanagan last spring, so this Bourletiella hortensis (garden springtail) was quite exciting!

#springtail #collembola #bourletiella #arthropod #invertebrate #bcparks #macro #inaturalist #macrophotography #okanagan #similkameen #britishcolumbia #canada

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Ed Phillips

@ed-phillips.bsky.social

5 months ago

Macro photograph of a globular springtail in a Staffordshire garden.

The globular springtail Sminthurinus aureus (dark form) in the garden this morning. Very small (< 1 mm). #Staffs #collembola #springtail #LeafLitter #mesofauna #macro #photography