#HotSpringtailSummer is back. globular springtails dancing on a leaf in the garden

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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)

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I’m delighted to be the iNaturalist observation of the day and see giant springtails getting the attention they deserve!

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I had the honour of meeting another species of giant springtail (Holacanthella paucispinosa) today.

Absolute evolutionary perfection.

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You know how sometimes you can't go to sleep at night, because your mind is too busy trying to imagine what the underside of a giant springtail looks like?

Well now you can rest easy - it's as adorable and alien as you'd expect. Just look at that little mouth!

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#HotSpringtailSummer × #BloomScrolling

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#HotSpringtailSummer: O to be a fuzzy springtail eating pollen off a catmint leaf

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One springtail, but how many mites are with it?

Comment below, I 'mite' reward a random winner....

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