The "spring" in the tail

[mtonsbeek]

This springtail landed on its back and to my surprise, stayed there long enough for me to get a shot at him:

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You can crearly seen the the spring in the tail!

And one more image when he finally got himself straight again:

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I would be grateful if anyone could ID this springtail .

Regards,

Maarten

[LordV]

Wonderful captures- never seen the spring on one of these type of Collembolas :)
Brian V.

[mtonsbeek]

Any suggestions of a further ID on this one Brian? I have looked through the site of Frans Janssens but I cannot find it.

[LordV]

Any suggestions of a further ID on this one Brian? I have looked through the site of Frans Janssens but I cannot find it.

Judging by the comment from Frans on one of my recent pics, this should be a member of the family Entomobryidae as one abdominal segment is much longer than the other ones but my knowledge of these is extremely limited.
Brian V.

[racketman]

poor little bugger nearly knocked himself out, great capture. I think it may be Orchesella villosa ?
This was with ringflash?

[mtonsbeek]

You may be right Racketman, looks very similar but the colouring is slightly different.
Yes, it was with ringflash.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Maarten,

Excellent shots/captures these are fascinating little creatures, it took me ages to find my first one now that's all I can find, well the globular ones.

Cheers for now
Mark

[mtonsbeek]

For me it is the other way round, I have only found them today, and loads of them, but I cannot find the globular ones.

Maarten

[hidden forms]

Great capture, so thats what they look like upside down

[dpastern]

Wow, superb Springtail shots, love the clarity that you've nailed and the lighting is very nice as well, especially for ring flash.

Dave

[ijohnson]

Oh my God, I've got to get out of the macro section. These bugs are making me squeemish as hell. That thing is so disturbing. It looks like a cross between a cockroach and a cocker spaniel.