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  1. Vergissmeinnicht-Blüten mit einem gelben Kugelspringer. Der Hintergrund liegt noch im Schatten.

    Forget-me-not blossom with a yellow globular springtail insect. The background is still in shadow.

    #schwarzweiss
    #schwarzweiß
    #monochrome
    #monochrom
    #photography
    #blackandwhite
    #blackandwhitephotography
    #forgetmenot
    #blossoms
    #insects
    #springtails

  2. And just as I got home I saw a snout mite (family Bdellidae) feeding on a springtail on a patch of lichen, and had to go in and get my light and clip-on lenses to get a proper photo.

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #mites #springtails #Acari #Acariformes #Prostigmata #Bdellidae #Collembola #LichenSubscribe

  3. I almost forgot it was #MiteMonday! From under one of my reliable dead logs just a few days ago, a mesostig with its prey, a tiny white springtail; a slug for scale; and a smaller, paler mesostig crossing paths with another springtail (which it did not try to eat).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #springtails #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Collembola #Poduromorpha

  4. #MiteMonday: wintertime rock flipping turned up some penthaleids and those iridescent purple springtails, not quite sure what they are. They were about the same size (see third photo).

    #DailyMitePic #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Penthaleidae #springtails #Collembola

  5. In the "plump springtails" category, here's Vitronura giselae. Not sure what it was up to but likely foraging for something on the wet bark. Moved around like a Guinea pig. Adorbs. #nature #macro #collembola #springtails #arthropod #poduromorpha #MacroPhotography

  6. I was just leaving High Park yesterday when I stopped on a whim to flip one last rock, and found this adorable little poduromorph springtail underneath! It took a tumble as it crawled around the rock, but it got back on its feet.

    Possibly _Neanura_? #iNaturalist observation: inaturalist.ca/observations/15 :inaturalist:

    #SpringtailSaturday #springtails #Collembola #Poduromorpha