Dicyrtomina ornata

Not the best image, but "had to" add the species for Schier ;o)

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

I think the image is excellent, most certainly far above the average springtail photo. Really good depth of field too. Posted 4 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Forgot...wanted you to see this:

Not a lot of springtail videos out there, and most certainly not this high-res. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ferdy - very good video indeed - it always really adds to the experience to see the critter move to do its thing :o) Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    From the maker's tech notes: it's 8K video cropped to 4K, using that Canon extreme macro lens, due to the crop effectively a 9x magnification. Recorded in daylight. I find that pretty stunning. Posted 4 years ago

The Dicyrtomina ornata

Dicyrtomina ornata is one of the small "globular" Springtails (Collembola) from the family Dicyrtomidae. Within its distribution range it is easily found in leaf litter from late fall to early spring. It can be confused with other species of Dicyrtomina, most notably with D. saundersi.

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Similar species: Symphypleona

Species identified by Pudding4brains