#springtail — Public Fediverse posts
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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 moth or came in on another insect.
springtail: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/341756456
moth: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/341756462 -
#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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https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00395.x#Photos
© S.F. Wirth 2025 -
I've been in New Zealand for three months now, and seen three of the five species of endemic Holacanthella 'Giant' springtails - not bad!
Let's hope the next two months bring the remaining two species to my camera 🤞
(In order: H. duospinosa, H. paucispinosa, H. spinosa)
#SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #HotSpringtailSummer
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I’m delighted to be the iNaturalist observation of the day and see giant springtails getting the attention they deserve!
#Collembola #iNaturalist #Springtail #HotSpringtailSummer #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology
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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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Check out the amazing scales on this springtail!
Did you know, springtail scales such as these used to be prized test subjects to assess the optical quality of early microscopes?
(Species: Lepidocyrtus sp., possibly submontanus)
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilEcology #Macrophotography #Springtail #Collembola
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One springtail, but how many mites are with it?
Comment below, I 'mite' reward a random winner....
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Collembola #Macrophotography #Springtail #HotSpringtailSummer
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It's #SpringtailSunday, which means you get to enjoy the adorableness (yes that's definitely a word) of this Calvatomina superba. Such a beautiful creature!
#Macrophotography #Collembola #Springtail #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity
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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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The distinctive ground beetle genus Notiophilus are also known as 'springtail stalkers', as they're the last thing many springtails and other small invertebrates ever see!
#Entomology #Coleoptera #Macrophotography #SoilEcology #Beetles #Springtail #MacroFauna
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Another selection of images from March and April of 2022.
Siskin on larch and a springtail on frogspawn, both taken at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #bird #birds #siskin #larch #seeds #cones #amphibian #frogspawn #invertebrate #springtail #macro #reviewoftheyear #ReviewOf2022 #bestof2022 #wwt #CastleEspie #NorthernIreland
