Menos de 1 mm.
Grande aglomeração de indivíduos presente sobre ossadas de animais mortos.
Apareceram após as chuvas.
In soil chambers of Camponotus johnsoni(?) colony beneath stones, in Adenostoma Artemisia shubland. Other specimens were found in other colonies of the same Camponotus species, but none were seen under stones without the ants.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2231081
On twigs and decomposed granite gravel around base of unknown shrub. At night in granite ravine in desert shrubland. Rained in preceeding days.
Two individuals were observed, though there were likely many more. The coloration effectively made them disappear into the granite soil when not moving.
Apparently an undescribed Prorastriopes species per Frans Janssens:
https://www.collembola.org/taxa/bouridae.htm
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2198249
Neoponera villosa in tandem running behavior in the Cerrado of
Mato Grosso do Sul. This behavior,
observed for approximately 20 meters, was described by Silvestre et al (2015) *.
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Neoponera villosa em comportamento de "tandem running" no Cerrado de
Mato Grosso do Sul. Este comportamento, observado por aproximadamente 20 metros, foi descrito por Silvestre et al (2015)*.
in the soil beneath a stone in a suburban yard
This specimen, found on some sort of tuft attached to a barrel cactus, appeared to be a small insect at the time. Magnifying the photo now later I see it is a globular springtail, the first confirmed specimen I've found.
I am very surprised as to the habitat it was found in, though doubtless it is some sort of arboreal species.
Temperature was in the 70s°F. No observable moisture was present.
Thanks,
Arthroverts
Tatuí registrado na APA Baía das Tartarugas. Muito nostálgico, pois meu pai me levava para encontrar tatuís quando eu era criança.
Color is accurate, Multiple clumps floating on surface of rain puddles on trail. Looking at other observations on this site I think this I.D. may be accurate.
Millions of them everywhere. On mushrooms, making broad bands across conifer litter, on puddles even
finally got decent pictures of a globular springtail !
Living in a mushroom
After 5 days, first instar larvae (2-3 mm in size) have emerged from the egg stalks suspended under an aphid infested Sonchus oleraceus; Sow-thistle leaf. Eggs documented here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73158221. According to BugGuide, brown lacewings lay their eggs directly onto leaves, green lacewing eggs are suspended from the leaf by long, thread-like stalks. Occurred in natural conditions.
This is the greatest concentration of insects I've ever seen. Springtails in the Invercargill Estuary. Could be ten million or more in this patch and other patches along the beach. Really weird.
Not true bugs as I had first thought. These are hopping bugs, but given absence of modified hind legs, it seems they just have quick bursts of flight that mimic hopping.
They were quite interested in the mealybugs (Heliococcus atriplicis? or Phenacoccus) on this host plant, but I didn't see if they were feeding or ovipositing on them.
Tentative ID based on http://www.nbair.res.in/Featured_insects/Aenasius-arizonensis.php
An extremely small wasp with an odd truncated/bent look to the body. Something Trichogrammatid?
Paramantispa wagneri (Navás, 1909). Agradeço a Ísis Meri (http://www.biofaces.com/post/131693/mantispideo-neuroptera-mantispidae/) e ao Insetologoia (https://www.insetologia.com.br/2017/11/mantispideo-em-minas-gerais.html) pela ajuda na identificação.
Under a board in garden. Second photo shows size in relation to the woodlouse.
Smallest globular springtails i've ever seen
Wouldn't have noticed if they didn't walk into frame while I was observing ants.
Found on plantain at end of retaining wall in amongst rocks at the bus stop.
Tiny bugs living in the Ganoderma megaloma mushroom pores on the underside. I can't find anything about those bugs.
Híbrida,( Ara ararauna x Ara Chloropterus) este fato é comum aqui em Campo Grande - MS -Brasil.
Browsing through an Amanita (Observation #71312397). The only individual noted.
AREA G1N (general)
Habitat: mature, closed-canopy, hardwood forest.
There were thousands of these emerging from every hole in the snow cover.
First photo shows details of the sub-millimeter sized insect sitting on snow. Second photo shows macroscopic appearance. The insects form a thick purple / black layer on top of puddles.