No, this is not a bottle cleaner, but a tiny springtail called Orchesella villosa, which are part of our everday microfauna we don’t always see. Double click on the image to enlarge.
September 2017, discovered under an upturned stone, rear garden, Staffordshire, England.
Oh, I love springtails! What a cutie. ๐ It must have been difficult to get this shot with it being so tiny!
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Thank you ๐ I love them too, and I should search out more of them really. I used my macros lens with a Raynox convertor clipped on the end to get that little bit closer. Yet they are still quite a challenge, especially lying down in light rain hand-held ๐
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Amazing capture! It’s a wonder that you were able to photograph it.
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Thank you ๐ They can be quite challenging at but a few millimetres long.
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Oh, my, what a wee one!
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Very nice. Heโs a cute one!
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Thank you, Belinda ๐ Oddly for an invertebrate, springtails do appear quite cute when seen froma certain angle ๐
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Look at that face! Another terrific reveal Pete: he almost looks cute!
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Thank you, Diana ๐ He is kinda cute ๐
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๐ skillful to catch sight of that little one!
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Thank you, Anita ๐
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Talk about a handlebar moustache! He really is cute ๐
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Thank you, Jude ๐
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I was going to comment about a handlebar moustache and then I saw that someone already had, so I agree!
Recently in our woods I found a fat yellow caterpillar with a black stripe down its back and a line of black dots along the side. After searching online, I have determined that it is either a cimbex femoratus or cimbex connatus. Much of the info seemed to place them in the UK. This one must have taken a wrong turn…. Here is one site with a photo of it: http://macroid.ru/showphoto.php?photo=153759&cat=6389
Have you ever seen one of these?
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That is a striking caterpillar, Marilyn! Never seen anything like that here. Very exotic looking.
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It looks cute!
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Un Placer Descubrir Tu Blog… Hay Fotografรญas Realmente Muy Hermosas.. Un Saludo.
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Gracias ๐
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