Globular springtail

Lord Vetinari

Globular springtail Sminthurinus domesticus out for a stroll on a clay pot. Taken at 5:1 and cropped slightly. About 1.0mm body length.
Apparently my garden is only the 3rd site in the UK these have been officially recorded

Brian V.

Paul Iddon

That's a great coup then for you Brian.

These are amazing to see so small.

Paul.

GOLDENORFE

superb! these tiny black ones all look the same to me:D
what is the difference between these and niger ?
phil

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

superb! these tiny black ones all look the same to me:D
what is the difference between these and niger ?
phil

Thanks Phil - think in this case it's the two coloured patches just by the eye patch.
Brian v.

Kirksey

so cool....

NatLightPhoto

WOW!!
Great images.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for commenting Kirksey and NLP
Brian V.

tlee

Awesome, as usual:D. I really like the clay pot background color.