New Springtails

[LordV]

Couple of Springtails I hadn't seen before. Both taken at 5:1 and cropped a bit. Id'd by Frans Janssens.
Brian V.

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about 0.8mm body length. Bourletiella hortensis

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/1456209585_87a54a1679.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/1456209585_e6b82c0116_o.jpg)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1456209593_607309a1cc.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1456209593_d812f82b72_o.jpg)

about 1.4mm body length. Lepidocyrtus cyaneus

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1159/1459246684_7f16850601.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1159/1459246684_50c99b8611_o.jpg)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1255/1459246690_30968f9bc6.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1255/1459246690_9a1fc65f15_o.jpg)

[skylab]

Nice find Brian.Like the colors in #3 and #4. Frans Janssens ID one of my springtails the globular one, he's damn good.

[racketman]

I dont have any of the genus Lepidocyrtus - that one looks very colorful. I have a Bourletiella but not that species. Ta for posting.

[LordV]

Thanks for the comments :)
Toby- to the naked eye the 2nd one was just light grey in colour but you could see all the colours through the lens.
Brian V.

[Photogirl2007]

It is amazing how the colors come out sometimes...I took a photo of a black butterfly, but in taking the picture, I happened to catch it at just the right angle to caputure the purple sheen of it. Nice pics Brian.

[dreamline]

Love the colours in 3 and 4.

What do I always say about macro... ;)