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03-10-2009, 11:23 AM
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| | | Springtail Sminthurides aquaticus
Hi,
Meet this cute little chap, I have them on my pond.
Taken on 1st October 2009. This is probably a male as they are only 0.5mm long, which this little fella was. The female grows to 1mm. I noticed a tiny speck jumping along the water surface, as I snapped it came face to face with a Dolichopid fly!
The pics will enlarge more if you wish with a single click one enlarged, I left some other things in some pics which tell a story.
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03-10-2009, 12:37 PM
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| | | Re: Springtail Sminthurides aquaticus
Interesting set of images Janet and a real cute lil fella too. Very well spotted!
I strongly recommend WABers click again to view the larger images.
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03-10-2009, 12:52 PM
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| | | Re: Springtail Sminthurides aquaticus
Thanks Bruce.
I have other pics with very small babies but this was luckily a bit closer, at the small size it needs to be!  |
03-10-2009, 07:06 PM
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| | | Re: Springtail Sminthurides aquaticus
Evening Janet,
Yes, very small. What was he and the Doli discussing in that first picture? Nice find, I'm still looking... thanks for sharing!
Take care, Jason  |
03-10-2009, 08:01 PM
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| | | Re: Springtail Sminthurides aquaticus
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Green  Evening Janet,
Yes, very small. What was he and the Doli discussing in that first picture? Nice find, I'm still looking... thanks for sharing!
Take care, Jason | Evening Jason,
I think he was saying 'don't eat me please I'm too little', in the 4th pic he is thanking the heavens for not being eaten! 
I've now got to upload the baby maybe dragonfly egg pics, not sure if I should start another thread for those though with a link. | | |
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