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  1. This adorable little creature is one of New Zealand's endemic giant springtails, but it's not just ANY giant springtail...

    I first discovered this springtail population two years ago, living up in the few remaining patches of native forest in the Port Hills of Christchurch. This put them on the map - nobody had ever seen them near the city before, so it was a wonderful surprise to find them there!

    They appear a lot smaller than other members of their species that I've found elsewhere, making me wonder if they're undergoing a form of island dwarfism in the small, fragmented areas of bush. Maybe these ones aren't so 'giant' after all...

    #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet #SoilBiodiversity #Entomology #SoilFauna #Macrophotography

  2. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  3. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  4. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  5. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  6. Field work seems to be over for now in our #BEN_EAF outgoing mobility project in the #Cairngorms, #Scotland.

    We did sample soil for #eDNA #metabarcoding and collected our pitfall traps.

    It was a great and quite warm weather! 😎

    Next: do some invertebrate identification in the labs of the #JamesHuttonInstitute .

    #AlpSoil_Lab #Highlands #ScottishHighlands #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoilBiodiversity

  7. A very pleasant find during my afternoon of flipping rocks. They may be Bilobella but the black eyes make me think otherwise. If you know what they are, please tell me.

    #Nature #Photography #Macro #Collembola #Springtail #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  8. A very pleasant find during my afternoon of flipping rocks. They may be Bilobella but the black eyes make me think otherwise. If you know what they are, please tell me.

    #Nature #Photography #Macro #Collembola #Springtail #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  9. Here we go: now pitfall traps are collecting critters on the ground at the #alpine plateau of Ben Avon, in the #CairngormsNationalPark in the Scottish #Highlands. 🕷️🪲🐛

    Four habitat types, three pitfall traps each: looking forward!
    Maybe we can find some new records of soil invertebrates? The chances are high, as alpine soil fauna studies are rare in the UK.

    Thanks to Andrea Britton and Debbie Fielding from #jameshuttonInstitute for helping do field work! ✌️

    #BEN_EAF #AlpSoil_Lab #MountainSoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Scotland

  10. Here we go: now pitfall traps are collecting critters on the ground at the #alpine plateau of Ben Avon, in the #CairngormsNationalPark in the Scottish #Highlands. 🕷️🪲🐛

    Four habitat types, three pitfall traps each: looking forward!
    Maybe we can find some new records of soil invertebrates? The chances are high, as alpine soil fauna studies are rare in the UK.

    Thanks to Andrea Britton and Debbie Fielding from #jameshuttonInstitute for helping do field work! ✌️

    #BEN_EAF #AlpSoil_Lab #MountainSoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Scotland

  11. A beetle mite with its own pet mite riding on its back. This thing is miniscule. I think I took this at nearly 4.5x. There were a few of these in the soil near one of the pill louse I just posted.

    #Nature #Photography #Mites #Orbatid #Galumnidae #Arthropods
    #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  12. A beetle mite with its own pet mite riding on its back. This thing is miniscule. I think I took this at nearly 4.5x. There were a few of these in the soil near one of the pill louse I just posted.

    #Nature #Photography #Mites #Orbatid #Galumnidae #Arthropods
    #SriLanka #SoilFauna #Soil

  13. Two other individuals I believe all of the same species. They are both rolly pollied... I love the second image that shows how perfectly the roll up.

    #Nature #Photography #Arthropods #Crustation #SriLanka #Armadillidae #SoilFauna #Soil #Macro

  14. Two other individuals I believe all of the same species. They are both rolly pollied... I love the second image that shows how perfectly the roll up.

    #Nature #Photography #Arthropods #Crustation #SriLanka #Armadillidae #SoilFauna #Soil #Macro

  15. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  16. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  17. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  18. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  19. While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
    As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
    ? 🤓🕷️🐛🪱🧬

    #NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

  20. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  21. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  22. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  23. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  24. Preparations for my #BEN_EAF project as visiting scientist at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still ongoing, but I could hike in the Scottish #Highlands already!

    Looking forward to taking #alpine #SoilFauna samples (cores and pitfall traps) and to compare these with #eDNA samplings. 🕷️🧬

    #MountainSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #Aberdeenshire #Cairngorms

  25. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  26. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  27. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  28. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  29. First day for me today at "the Hutton" in Aberdeen, Scotland!

    I will conduct my research on alpine soil fauna here for the next five months and check out what "beasties" we can find in the remote and astonishing Scottish Highlands. 🕷️🪲🪱

    Thanks to The James Hutton Institute for hosting me, and a big thank you for the warm welcoming today. 🤗

    (Jenni Stockan, Andrea Britton, Tom Parker and more!)

    #SoilFauna #AlpineSoils #MountainSoilBiodiversity #AlpEnv_Lab

  30. Want to learn how to start doing soil animal macrophotography? Or how to improve your current macrophotography? Perhaps you just fancy a rare glimpse into mine and Andy Murray's enigmatic minds? Well, here you go!

    A new perspectives article has just dropped in Soil Organisms journal, where Monica Farfan digs into mine and Andy's love for documenting and communicating soil biodiversity using photography! It was a very fun interview, jammed full of macrophotography tips and photos.

    It's completely free to access:
    soil-organisms.org/SO/article/

    #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #Entomology #Soil #Nature #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet

  31. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  32. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  33. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  34. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  35. YEAH! 🎉
    Today #BEN_EAF kick-offs as collaboration of Eurac Research, South Tyrol (#AlpSoil_Lab) and the James Hutton Institute (#EnB group), Scotland.

    We will identify alpine #SoilFauna in the Highlands using traditional and modern #eDNA methods.

    Stay tuned!
    doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18172.

    #SoilBiodiversity #MountainSoils #MountainsSoilBiodiversity #Scotland #AlpineSoils #SoilMacroFauna #SoilMesoFauna

  36. Some exciting life news... I am now a lecturer in Entomology and Ecology at Lincoln University in New Zealand!

    We took the Entomology students on a fieldtrip over the weekend, and saw some of my favourite invertebrates: Velvet worms (Ooperipatellus) and giant springtails (Holacanthella)! Always a joy to see these incredible creatures.

    #Entomology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Ento #Macrophotography #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet

  37. There are few soil animals as adorable as springtails!

    This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, so it can squeeze into cracks in decaying logs, where it lives. They're surprisingly fast at escaping into the cracks, so it's difficult to get a good photo of them!

    #Entomology #Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #Nature #SoilFauna #NaturePhotography #Soil #SoilEcology #TheWorldBeneathOurFeet

  38. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  39. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  40. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  41. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  42. I am very happy to be part of and to see this review on #Isopoda and #Oniscidea (woodlice, terrestrial isopods) published in the #SoilOrganisms journal.

    Many thanks to Konstantin Gongalsky & Pallieter De Smedt for leading this excellent work! 🎊

    Read/download the review: doi.org/10.25674/466
    And if you have Oniscidea data: SHARE THEM!

    #OniscidBase #Isopods #Critters #SoilFauna #SoilMacroFauna #CallForData

  43. Very helpful #preprint on #authorea from on "Standardised protocols for soil fauna extraction and a call for cross-lab implementation" 🪱🕷️🐞

    doi.org/10.22541/au....

    #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilLabs #Soil