I'm not sure if this springtail is pretty, but somehow I'm fascinated by its looks. Acquired taste for bugs, perhaps. Size: about 2 mm.

#springtail #allacma_fusca #sminthuridae #pallohyppiäinen #macro #nature #fujifilm #zerenestacker

Orchesella villosa is perhaps my favourite springtail to find. I think it's the largest found in North America, and it's just so fuzzy.

#springtail #macro #wildlife #arthropod #invertebrate #inaturalist #coquitlam #britishcolumbia #canada #orchesella

Entomobrya albocincta (fam. Entomobryidae) + Myxomycetes indet.

[ES] Me llamó más la atención el mixomiceto que el bichillo, pero luego vi que el pequeño colémbolo también tenía su gracia. Una pena no haber pillado al mixomiceto un pelín más maduro; son unos seres interesantísimos: pasan su vida como amebas unicelulares que fagocitan bacterias, pero para reproducirse se reúnen todos juntos y forman estructuras que recuerdan a los carpóforos de los hongos y producen esporas (en la wikipedia lo explican mejor: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycetozoa ).
Fotografiado el 03/05/2026 en la provincia de Bizkaia.

[EN] The white slime mold caught my attention and then I saw the little springtail, which is also beauty.
Slime molds are a very interesting group of organisms: they spend their lives as single-cell amoebas eating bacteria, but to reproduce they aggregate into structures which are similar to the fruiting bodies of fungi and then they produce spores (better, read wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycetozoa ).
Photographed on 2026/05/03 in thye province of Bizkaia (Spain).

Equipo/Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/200, f/4,0. A pulso/Handheld.
La segunda foto es un recorte de la primera/Second photo is a cut of the first one.

#myxomycota #myxomycetes #slimemold #mohomucilaginoso
#collembola #entomobrya #colémbolo #springtail
#insect #insecto #bicho #bug
#macrophotography #macrofotografía #macro

A very cool find! I spotted this termite (Zootermopsis spp.) the other day with a little springtail (Cheirotoma spp.) riding along its back. Apparently those springtails are known to be phoretic, i.e. hitchhikers, on termites.

#springtail #termite #cheirotoma #zootermopsis #arthropod #invertebrate #macro #inaturalist #bowenisland #canada #britishcolumbia

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Dicyrtomina ornata 🇩🇪
I went into the forest to test out my new OM System camera and decided to take some photos of a mushroom. I did this with a tree mushroom. While focus stacking, I noticed something small crawling around — probably springtails. When I got closer, I discovered two of them.
ℹ️ The Dicyrtomina ornata grows to a length of about 1.8 mm. It feeds on plant litter, fungi and lichens, among other things. It can sometimes be found in soil and damp forests. With its jumping fork, it can jump far when danger is imminent.

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Bunter Kugelspringer 🇩🇪
📝 Ich bin zum testen meiner neuen OM-System Kamera mal in den Wald gegangen und wollte ein paar Fotos von einem Pilz machen. Das habe ich dann bei einem Baumpilz gemacht. Beim Fokus Stacking ist mir dann aufgefallen, dass dort etwas kleines krabbelt, vermutlich Springschwänze. Und beim näheren ran gehen habe ich dann zwei Kugelspringer entdeckt.
Dank einer Mischung aus der Hilfe von iNaturalist, einen User und Vergleiche bei der Suche #kugelspringer, weiß ich, dass es sich wahrscheinlich um bunter Kugelspringer handelt.
ℹ️ Der bunte Kugelspringer (Dicyrtomina ornata) wird ca. 1,8 mm lang. Er ernährt sich u.a. von pflanzlichen Streu, Pilzen und Flechten. Er ist mitunter im Erdreich und in feuchten Wäldern zu finden. Mit seiner Sprunggabel kann er weit springen, wenn Gefahr in Vollzug ist.

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Cam: #om1markii
lens: #mzuiko90mm bei 90 mm
flash: #godoxv1
diffuser: #akdiffuser

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Blende: 8.0
Verschlusszeit: 1/100
ISO: 200

#wellfotos #bunterkugelspringer #Dicyrtominaornata #springtail #naturfotografie #nature #natur #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #omsystem #godox #makro #macro #makrofotografie #macrophotography #germany

I only see the #springtails when I'm editing...
the centipede is was about 25mm long in total, and this is just a section.

Second image is a globular springtail photobombing.

#photography #globularspringtail #nature #naturephotography #winter #arthropod #denmark #macro #macrophotography #cygnustechdiffuser #darktable #sonya7iii #centipede #springtail #tamronmacro #fullframe