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p.1 #1 · Variety of springtails

Some recent springtail shots from the garden.
Brian V.

Entomobrya intermedia on a water barrel - about 2.5mm body length

Springtails on a compost bin rim

Vertagopus arboreus on a water barrel - about 2.03mm body length

Tomocerus sp. on a wall- about 3.4mm body length

Globular springtail- Dicyrtomina saundersi about 2.2mm body length

Jan 05, 2013 at 08:08 AM

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p.1 #2 · Variety of springtails

lovely set,will have to venture out into the garden

Jan 05, 2013 at 03:07 PM

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p.1 #3 · Variety of springtails

You are finding these now! I saw a spider scamper across the snow on my porch the other day and was amazed! My favorite here is the last one Brian.
Douglas

Jan 05, 2013 at 03:19 PM

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p.1 #4 · Variety of springtails

great set and variety brian

Jan 05, 2013 at 03:38 PM

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p.1 #5 · Variety of springtails

Thanks all for the comments. It's been overcast and damp for the quite a few days here- just the weather to bring these out.

Brian v.

Jan 06, 2013 at 07:06 AM

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p.1 #6 · Variety of springtails

A good selection of the types of morphology. The pinkish ones are most likely Ceratophysella.

Moist, leaf litter containing some fairly entire leaves plus some well-rotted ones, and maybe some crumbled rotten wood, are a rich sources of springtails and other invertebrates at all times of the year.

Harold

Jan 06, 2013 at 08:08 AM

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p.1 #7 · Variety of springtails

Brian the spring-tail master . most of the ones we have or that I have seen are like the third one of this series.

Jan 06, 2013 at 10:15 PM

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p.1 #8 · Variety of springtails

Thanks all for the comments

- appreciated
Brian V.

Jan 07, 2013 at 07:06 AM

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