Sabine · @canyakker
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Under the cap of a little Waxcap mushroom a tiny bug is hiding.
#Mosstodon #springtail #Collembola #fungi #macrophotography
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Sometimes with macrophotography things just line up perfectly, as with this photo of a globular springtail (a female Stenacidia violacea) on some moss.
Have a great weekend everyone!
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilBiota #Collembola #Springtail #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #soilbiota #Collembola #Springtail #springtailsaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Followed up with an adorable young male Deuterosminthurus pallipes (and it's the first time I've seen this species)!
#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity
#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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You don't always need to turn over a log or rock. Here's a thread of curious mesofauna I found on the surface of my pond this weekend!
First up are these incredibly sweet, bright purple Isotomurus palustris nymphs, plus an adult one at the end for good measure...
#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity
#Collembola #Springtail #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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A predatory mite (family Bdellidae) doing what it does best - feeding on a springtail. Having a mite skewer your head with its pointed chelicerae isn't the nicest way to go, but fascinating to observe!
#SoilFauna #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity #Macrophotography #Acari #Collembola #Mite #Springtail
#SoilFauna #soilecology #Mesofauna #SoilBiodiversity #Macrophotography #Acari #Collembola #Mite #Springtail
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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For #InternationalBiodiversityDay I'll look beyond the soil, and showcase the amazing water-living springtail Podura aquatica.
Their adaptations for a life on the water surface include a flattened jumping organ, hydrophobic cuticle, and depositing their spermatophores and eggs on water!
#Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Biodiversity #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SoilEcology
#internationalbiodiversityday #Collembola #Springtail #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #biodiversity #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #soilecology
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I'm hoping it's better late than never for #InverteFest, with this photo of a beautiful globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi)!
#SoilFauna #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity #Mesofauna #Springtail #SpringtailSunday #MacroPhotography #Collembola
#InverteFest #SoilFauna #soilecology #SoilBiodiversity #Mesofauna #Springtail #SpringtailSunday #Macrophotography #Collembola
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I don't take as many photos of 'elongate' springtails (Entomobryomorpha) as the other orders, so let's change that!
This lovely pale yellow little springtail is Entomobrya nivalis, and is so widespread across temperate and polar regions that, unlike most Collembola, it has a common name: The 'Cosmopolitan Springtail'!
#SoilFauna #SoilEcology #Mesofauna #Springtail #Collembola #MacroPhotography
#SoilFauna #soilecology #Mesofauna #Springtail #Collembola #Macrophotography
Cameron McCormick · @LordGeekington
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Today I learned #Springtails have everted vesicles emerging from the collophore on their abdomens that they can drink from, stand on, clean themselves, and help with their jumping process. Something about the mix of tentacle-like appendages with an arthropod seems very 50’s B-movie to me…
#springtails #Collembola #arthropods
neville park · @nev
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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 :inaturalist:
#inaturalist #springtailsaturday #Springtails #Collembola #poduromorpha
Dave Carmean · @carmean
14 followers · 54 posts · Server fediscience.orgBeautiful photos of #springtail #Collembola
https://www.chaosofdelight.org/collembola-springtails by Andy Murray
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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This beautiful little creatures is a springtail known as Protaphorura aurantiaca - a fairly common British species which is found in decaying wood. Its striking yellow colour rapidly fades in alcohol, so normally I only see them as pale specimens under the microscope!
#SoilFauna #SoilEcology #Springtail #Mesofauna #MacroPhotography #Collembola
#SoilFauna #soilecology #Springtail #Mesofauna #Macrophotography #Collembola
Seraina L Cappelli · @SerainaCappelli
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Brainstorming in my old office with @NA_pichon, Thu Zar, Tianyun and Eric. It is always nice to be back, exciting to talk science with the smart PhD students and lots of fun drawing crazy structural equation models to the white board. We are working on some great stories about how #nitrogen, #plant #community #composition and time affect the little critter on the plants and in the soil.
#nitrogen #plant #community #composition #Pathogens #fungi #Collembola #mites #ecology #sem
Kai Riess · @KaiRiess
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The invasive plant species Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam influence the abundance of soil arthropods and are characterized by lower richness of root-associated fungi compared to the native nettle in riparian habitats. Just published today in Biological Invasions!
➡ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-023-03034-2
#SystemLink #Landau #RPTU #Fallopia #Fallopiajaponica #Impatiens #Impatiensglandulifera #Urtica #Urticadioica #Acari #Collembola #biodiversity #metabarcoding #endophytes #mycorrhiza #Japaneseknotweed #Himalayanbalsam
#himalayanbalsam #japaneseknotweed #mycorrhiza #endophytes #Metabarcoding #biodiversity #Collembola #acari #urticadioica #Urtica #impatiensglandulifera #Impatiens #fallopiajaponica #Fallopia #rptu #landau #SystemLink
neville park · @nev
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#SpringtailSunday anyone? A few little green fellas I found the other day. Entobryomorpha, I think?
(Re: @elias's post: https://flipping.rocks/@elias/110013403495873961)
#SpringtailSunday #Springtails #Collembola #entobryomorpha #bugs #bugstodon
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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Have a grand #SpringtailSunday, everyone!
(Photo: Dicyrtomina saundersi)
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Macrophotography
#SpringtailSunday #SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Springtail #Collembola #Macrophotography
Frank Ashwood · @frankashwood
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I've been quite absent from here lately due to busy life stuff, but thanks for all the recent follows - here's a lovely little springtail (Neelus murinus) to say thanks!
Hopefully things will calm down again soon and I'll have more time to regularly post more photos on here.
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #SpringtailSaturday #Macrophotography #MesoFauna #Collembola #Springtail
#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #springtailsaturday #Macrophotography #Mesofauna #Collembola #Springtail
Elisabeth Patchwork · @elisabeth_p
32 followers · 684 posts · Server social.linux.pizzaHab wieder Springschwänze gefilmt. #collembola #springtails
https://youtu.be/sfK_rTBD9FY
Colin Purrington · @colinpurrington
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Here's a wider view of one of the patches of white green-algae coral (Multiclavula mucida) I found this week. Globular springtail for scale, if you can find it. #fungi #fungus #fungiFriday #FungalFriday #algae #basidiolichen #nature #macro #photography #Collembola
#fungi #fungus #FungiFriday #fungalfriday #algae #basidiolichen #nature #macro #photography #Collembola
Colin Purrington · @colinpurrington
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Dicyrtomina minuta eating slime on a wet, decomposing stump. I might need to go back and collect some for my desktop terrarium. Would love to finally see their courtship antics (males lift females off the ground with antennae).
#Collembola #springtail #GlobularSpringtail #entomology #macro #photography #nature #MacroPhotography
#Collembola #Springtail #globularspringtail #entomology #macro #photography #nature #Macrophotography