#mesofauna — Public Fediverse posts
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This festival of waxy lumps is a baby biting midge, AKA a Forcipomyia larvae. Before they grow up to be bloodsuckers, they're surprisingly cute.
They're very common on decaying logs here in Aotearoa, but I don't often photograph them. However, my good friend and fellow macrophotographer Andy Murray loves them, and has a whole webpage dedicated to them - so go check that out!
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography
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This festival of waxy lumps is a baby biting midge, AKA a Forcipomyia larvae. Before they grow up to be bloodsuckers, they're surprisingly cute.
They're very common on decaying logs here in Aotearoa, but I don't often photograph them. However, my good friend and fellow macrophotographer Andy Murray loves them, and has a whole webpage dedicated to them - so go check that out!
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography
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This festival of waxy lumps is a baby biting midge, AKA a Forcipomyia larvae. Before they grow up to be bloodsuckers, they're surprisingly cute.
They're very common on decaying logs here in Aotearoa, but I don't often photograph them. However, my good friend and fellow macrophotographer Andy Murray loves them, and has a whole webpage dedicated to them - so go check that out!
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography
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This festival of waxy lumps is a baby biting midge, AKA a Forcipomyia larvae. Before they grow up to be bloodsuckers, they're surprisingly cute.
They're very common on decaying logs here in Aotearoa, but I don't often photograph them. However, my good friend and fellow macrophotographer Andy Murray loves them, and has a whole webpage dedicated to them - so go check that out!
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/forcipomyia
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Macro #Nature #NaturePhotography
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Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
#Invertebrate #Macrophotography #Entomology #Acarology #Acari #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #Arthropod
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Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
#Invertebrate #Macrophotography #Entomology #Acarology #Acari #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #Arthropod
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Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
#Invertebrate #Macrophotography #Entomology #Acarology #Acari #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #Arthropod
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Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
#Invertebrate #Macrophotography #Entomology #Acarology #Acari #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #Arthropod
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As giant springtails age, they grow more robust and develop longer spikes on their antennae and backs.
Nobody knows how long they can live for, probably a few years, but this gnarled Holacanthella duospinosa has all the hallmarks of a long innings!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola #Entomology #NaturePhotography
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As giant springtails age, they grow more robust and develop longer spikes on their antennae and backs.
Nobody knows how long they can live for, probably a few years, but this gnarled Holacanthella duospinosa has all the hallmarks of a long innings!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola #Entomology #NaturePhotography
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As giant springtails age, they grow more robust and develop longer spikes on their antennae and backs.
Nobody knows how long they can live for, probably a few years, but this gnarled Holacanthella duospinosa has all the hallmarks of a long innings!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola #Entomology #NaturePhotography
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As giant springtails age, they grow more robust and develop longer spikes on their antennae and backs.
Nobody knows how long they can live for, probably a few years, but this gnarled Holacanthella duospinosa has all the hallmarks of a long innings!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola #Entomology #NaturePhotography
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Here's another beautiful springtail from my recent macrophotography trip out in the NZ bush.
There's so many stunning soil invertebrates here in Aotearoa, and most are still unknown to science. Hopefully through my research and photography I'll be able to help change that, even a little bit...
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Collembola #MesoFauna
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Here's another beautiful springtail from my recent macrophotography trip out in the NZ bush.
There's so many stunning soil invertebrates here in Aotearoa, and most are still unknown to science. Hopefully through my research and photography I'll be able to help change that, even a little bit...
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Collembola #MesoFauna
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Here's another beautiful springtail from my recent macrophotography trip out in the NZ bush.
There's so many stunning soil invertebrates here in Aotearoa, and most are still unknown to science. Hopefully through my research and photography I'll be able to help change that, even a little bit...
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Collembola #MesoFauna
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Here's another beautiful springtail from my recent macrophotography trip out in the NZ bush.
There's so many stunning soil invertebrates here in Aotearoa, and most are still unknown to science. Hopefully through my research and photography I'll be able to help change that, even a little bit...
#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #Entomology #Collembola #MesoFauna
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It's almost time for the Entomological Society of New Zealand's 'Bug of the Year' 24 contest!
There's 20 worthy competitors, but only one obvious champion - the Globular Springtail. Join me on #TeamGlob2024 this January and vote to spring these tiny heroes to victory!
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It's almost time for the Entomological Society of New Zealand's 'Bug of the Year' 24 contest!
There's 20 worthy competitors, but only one obvious champion - the Globular Springtail. Join me on #TeamGlob2024 this January and vote to spring these tiny heroes to victory!
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It's almost time for the Entomological Society of New Zealand's 'Bug of the Year' 24 contest!
There's 20 worthy competitors, but only one obvious champion - the Globular Springtail. Join me on #TeamGlob2024 this January and vote to spring these tiny heroes to victory!
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It's almost time for the Entomological Society of New Zealand's 'Bug of the Year' 24 contest!
There's 20 worthy competitors, but only one obvious champion - the Globular Springtail. Join me on #TeamGlob2024 this January and vote to spring these tiny heroes to victory!
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This stunning, flat-bodied springtail is in the genus Platanurida, and can be found in old-growth beech forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That flattened body is perfect for helping them squeeze under loose bark and into cracks on deadwood to escape predators!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilFauna #SoilBiology
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This stunning, flat-bodied springtail is in the genus Platanurida, and can be found in old-growth beech forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That flattened body is perfect for helping them squeeze under loose bark and into cracks on deadwood to escape predators!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilFauna #SoilBiology
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This stunning, flat-bodied springtail is in the genus Platanurida, and can be found in old-growth beech forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That flattened body is perfect for helping them squeeze under loose bark and into cracks on deadwood to escape predators!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilFauna #SoilBiology
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This stunning, flat-bodied springtail is in the genus Platanurida, and can be found in old-growth beech forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That flattened body is perfect for helping them squeeze under loose bark and into cracks on deadwood to escape predators!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilFauna #SoilBiology
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This stunning, flat-bodied springtail is in the genus Platanurida, and can be found in old-growth beech forests in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That flattened body is perfect for helping them squeeze under loose bark and into cracks on deadwood to escape predators!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilFauna #SoilBiology
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It turns out that you can travel to the other side of the world and Neanura muscorum are still gonna be right there with you, in all their cuteness.
#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna
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It turns out that you can travel to the other side of the world and Neanura muscorum are still gonna be right there with you, in all their cuteness.
#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna
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It turns out that you can travel to the other side of the world and Neanura muscorum are still gonna be right there with you, in all their cuteness.
#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna
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It turns out that you can travel to the other side of the world and Neanura muscorum are still gonna be right there with you, in all their cuteness.
#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna
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It turns out that you can travel to the other side of the world and Neanura muscorum are still gonna be right there with you, in all their cuteness.
#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna
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Another stunning springtail (check out the setose ventral tube!) from Port Hills in Christchurch (Entomobryoidea, possibly family Paronellidae).
Does anyone know of a modern ID key to Collembola in New Zealand?
I can't find a contemporary key, so I've started writing one... help?!
#Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilFauna
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Another stunning springtail (check out the setose ventral tube!) from Port Hills in Christchurch (Entomobryoidea, possibly family Paronellidae).
Does anyone know of a modern ID key to Collembola in New Zealand?
I can't find a contemporary key, so I've started writing one... help?!
#Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilFauna
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Another stunning springtail (check out the setose ventral tube!) from Port Hills in Christchurch (Entomobryoidea, possibly family Paronellidae).
Does anyone know of a modern ID key to Collembola in New Zealand?
I can't find a contemporary key, so I've started writing one... help?!
#Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilFauna
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Another stunning springtail (check out the setose ventral tube!) from Port Hills in Christchurch (Entomobryoidea, possibly family Paronellidae).
Does anyone know of a modern ID key to Collembola in New Zealand?
I can't find a contemporary key, so I've started writing one... help?!
#Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilFauna
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Another stunning springtail (check out the setose ventral tube!) from Port Hills in Christchurch (Entomobryoidea, possibly family Paronellidae).
Does anyone know of a modern ID key to Collembola in New Zealand?
I can't find a contemporary key, so I've started writing one... help?!
#Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilFauna
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My first macrophotography venture in New Zealand was extremely productive, starting with this absolutely STUNNING Dicyrtomidae springtail, known as Calvatomina superba.
Just look at that patterning and those orange eye plates!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna
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My first macrophotography venture in New Zealand was extremely productive, starting with this absolutely STUNNING Dicyrtomidae springtail, known as Calvatomina superba.
Just look at that patterning and those orange eye plates!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna
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My first macrophotography venture in New Zealand was extremely productive, starting with this absolutely STUNNING Dicyrtomidae springtail, known as Calvatomina superba.
Just look at that patterning and those orange eye plates!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna
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My first macrophotography venture in New Zealand was extremely productive, starting with this absolutely STUNNING Dicyrtomidae springtail, known as Calvatomina superba.
Just look at that patterning and those orange eye plates!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna
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My first macrophotography venture in New Zealand was extremely productive, starting with this absolutely STUNNING Dicyrtomidae springtail, known as Calvatomina superba.
Just look at that patterning and those orange eye plates!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna
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I was out on a coastal hike on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū today, and found this amazing Katiannidae species of springtail. I can’t find a species match (REALLY wish I’d had my macro camera with me), any ideas on an ID, springtail folks?
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity
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I was out on a coastal hike on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū today, and found this amazing Katiannidae species of springtail. I can’t find a species match (REALLY wish I’d had my macro camera with me), any ideas on an ID, springtail folks?
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity
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I was out on a coastal hike on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū today, and found this amazing Katiannidae species of springtail. I can’t find a species match (REALLY wish I’d had my macro camera with me), any ideas on an ID, springtail folks?
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity
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I was out on a coastal hike on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū today, and found this amazing Katiannidae species of springtail. I can’t find a species match (REALLY wish I’d had my macro camera with me), any ideas on an ID, springtail folks?
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity
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I was out on a coastal hike on Banks Peninsula / Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū today, and found this amazing Katiannidae species of springtail. I can’t find a species match (REALLY wish I’d had my macro camera with me), any ideas on an ID, springtail folks?
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity
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Don't mind me, I'm just doing my bit for #HotSpringtailSummer up in the Northern Hemisphere.
#SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography
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Don't mind me, I'm just doing my bit for #HotSpringtailSummer up in the Northern Hemisphere.
#SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography
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Don't mind me, I'm just doing my bit for #HotSpringtailSummer up in the Northern Hemisphere.
#SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography
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Don't mind me, I'm just doing my bit for #HotSpringtailSummer up in the Northern Hemisphere.
#SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography
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Don't mind me, I'm just doing my bit for #HotSpringtailSummer up in the Northern Hemisphere.
#SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
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And finally, in another first for me, a predatory prostigmatid mite (Eupodidae sp.) running around on the water surface like that's no big thing! I certainly didn't know they could do that... did you?
