This springtail was about 1mm long. Lens: Laowa 25mm f/2.8 Ultra Macro 2.5-5X. two of the photos are focus stacked.

Cute little glob.
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[–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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

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