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

#phoresy #Collembola #Springtail #entomology #NZ

Slides from my talk last night to the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra:

"Lessons from #Malaise trapping in Aranda"

https://codeberg.org/dhobern/presentation/src/branch/main/Lessons_from_Malaise_trapping_in_Aranda.pdf

As with most of my talks, there are few notes, but the gallery of amazing #insects may mean something to some of you.

#entomology #taxonomy #DNAbarcoding #biodiversity #OnceAndFutureKing #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #Strepsiptera #Hemiptera #Collembola #Araneae #wasps #moths #springtails #spiders

went to the park and flipped a log which was in icy ankle-deep slush but still yielded the usuals.

#bugstodon #insects #springtails #beetles #mites #Mitestodon #Acari #Parasitiformes #Mesostigmata #Coleoptera #Staphylinidae #Collembola #Entomobryomorpha #Hymenoptera

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

Ceratophysella dobrolyubovae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038187EB-FFD6-603A-FF03-FE9AD588FC72
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.3.4
#Zootaxa #CeratophysellaDobrolyubovae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #collembola #springtails

Dunkelbraune Kugelspringer (Allacma fusca) sind winzig, sehen aber von nahem betrachtet recht urig aus. Sie weiden Algen von Bodenoberflächen, z. B. Holz, ab.

#artenvielfalt #nature #natur #Springschwänze #Collembola #Entognatha #Hexapoda

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

Collophora greensladeae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/46DFCD2D-8658-55A9-8AF9-A099BACD77B8
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.72.165410
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #CollophoraGreensladeae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #collembola #springtails

🎉 EXCITING BABY NEWS 🎉

I'm delighted to announce that I'm now a dad 🥰 We had a beautiful baby girl last Friday, named Elowyn. Mum and baby all doing really well, despite a lack of sleep.

Instead of sharing her photo (maintaining her privacy), here's a cute baby springtail 😊

#Macrophotography #SoilBiodiversity #Parenthood #Entomology #Collembola

flipped a rotting stick in the woods the other day, found tiny metallic springtails (likely _Lepidocyrtus_) feeding on the fungi.

#bugstodon #springtails #Collembola #Entomobryomorpha #Entomobryidae #fungi #mushtodon #sporespondence