Sminthurinus Niger

GOLDENORFE

a slight thaw this morning i managed to find a couple of baby springtails,about 3/4 mm in length!
shot x5 & cropped slightly
wish i could find something bigger to shoot!
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

#1

#2


#3 cropped


#4 springtail running! 2 legs in the air


thanks for looking
phi

garyt

Nice ones Phil. I always find black critters hard to shoot and maintain the level of detail I would like. I think it will be a while before we get any more bugs here.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely springtail captures- assume these are a similar size to the ones I see- always less than 1mm body length?
Brian V.

canon400d

Lord Vetinari wrote:

LOvely springtail captures- assume these are a similar size to the ones I see- always less than 1mm body length?
Brian V.

Great captures Phil. Tell me where do you look for these guys? As I take it we have them just over the border here in Scotland.
Bob

erisian pope

I am simply in awe when I see pictures like these. The level of magnification is astounding and the detail is terrific. These are some very cool pictures!

GOLDENORFE

thanks for commenting, still not found any bigger species of springtails.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/