Khürt WilliamsMoss Terrarium – Initial Build
I built a moss terrarium to survive a New Jersey winter — but between FedEx delays, frozen fingers, and springtail paste, it finished just as spring arrived.
SabineAdding to my Snowflea aka Springtail photos from yesterday: if you look closely you can see a few of them in mid air above the snow ridge. They use a spring-loaded lever on their bodies to catapult them into the air to a height of about 100 times their body length (1mm).
Also, they have an antifreeze protein in their body, thus can be active in the snow.
Fascinating tiny creatures.
Donald HobernSlides from my talk last night to the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra:
"Lessons from #Malaise trapping in Aranda"
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
neville parkwent 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
Jer 🚲A warm snowshoe would not be complete without running across Springtails/Snow Fleas (not a flea).
#Springtails
#Springtails
Plazi Species#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
MadsI 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
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
Wanderin' Weeta 🍁White and yellow witches butter fungus. With a globular springtail. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/12/back-to-mushrooms-again.html #VancouverIsland #Mushrooms #Fungi #Invertebrates #Springtails #NaturePhotography
Susannah 🍁White and yellow witches butter fungus. With a globular springtail. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/12/back-to-mushrooms-again.html #VancouverIsland #Mushrooms #Fungi #Invertebrates #Springtails #NaturePhotography
#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
