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Globular springtail. More pictures in body [OC] (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Stilling@lemmy.world to c/macrophotography@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39841217

This springtail was about 1mm long. Lens: Laowa 25mm f/2.8 Ultra Macro 2.5-5X. two of the photos are focus stacked.

Cute little glob.

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[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Amazing pic!

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Springtails come in such wonderful shapes and sizes! Love this round fella

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[–] Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Globular indeed. Not very springy and I don't see any tails though...

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[–] Stilling@lemmy.world [S] 24 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

Globular springtails have a unique tail-like appendage under their belly called a furca, which they use to jump and escape from predators. This structure allows them to perform impressive jumps, often flipping through the air as they do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu01EUeE5PM

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[–] Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 7 points 11 months ago

Unexpectedly technically correct and laconic answer. Thanks.

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[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Despite the actual music they played when it showed the lil dude spinning out of orbit, I heard the DuckTales Moon Theme in my mind 😅

Awesome video, thanks for the link

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Spider ant, spider ant, does whatever a spider ant does

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

This guy belongs to the family Sminthuridae.

I used to count mites and collembola under a scope all summer. Talk about tedious.

Frank Ashwood has some great photos like this one on Instagram and he's worth the follow

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[–] Stilling@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 11 months ago

I think it's Dicyrtomina ornata, but I don't know anything about identification.

We should get Frank on Lemmy, or Pixelfed. I stopped using Instagram and use https://pixey.org/Stilling now.

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Why so tiny sneaky boi?

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[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world [B] 8 points 11 months ago

Must be someone's birthday, cuz this little dude is bringing the cake