Stilling@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoGlobular springtail. More pictures in body [OC]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down11file-text
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This springtail was about 1mm long. Lens: Laowa 25mm f/2.8 Ultra Macro 2.5-5X. two of the photos are focus stacked.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoThis 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
minus-squareStilling@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoI 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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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
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.