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

#Springtail #Crossodonthina #Poduromorpha

Does anyone knows what does crossodonthina koreana eat? I don't know and can't guess it.

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

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: https://www.inaturalist.ca/observations/152306113  

#SpringtailSaturday #springtails #Collembola #Poduromorpha

Genus Neanura

Neanura from High Park Blvd / Parkside Dr, Toronto, ON M6R 0A1, Canada on March 24, 2023 at 05:48 PM by Neville Park. The cutest stubbiest knobbliest little springtail, found under a rock.

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