Tue, 12/06/2016 - 14:14 - Frans Janssens (FransJanssens@www.collembola.org) from collembola.org mentioned in a recent Comment that he would like to see images of all the male and female instars of this globular springtail (Katiannidae Genus nov.1 sp. nov.). It has only been recently recorded in the UK, but I'm fortunate in having a colony in our Staffordshire garden.  They are particularly plentiful at the moment, so I'm taking every opportunity to photograph them. Here's a matrix of my most recent shots. I'll try to update the list below, but here's my initial thoughts on this batch:  1. Adult male 2. Adult male 3. Adult male 4. Adult male 5. Adult male [reproductive instar] 6. Adult male 7. Adult male 8. Adult female - feeding instar 9. Juvenile feeding instar 10. [Juvenile male] 11. [Juvenile male] 12. Adult male 13. Juvenile feeding instar 14. Adult male 15. Adult male 16. [Juvenile]feeding instar 17. Adult female - feeding instar 18.  19. Adult female - feeding instar 20. Adult female - feeding instar 21. Adult male 22. [Adult instar old female] 23. Adult male 24. [Juvenile]  Data in [brackets] courtesy FransJanssens@www.collembola.org  - thanks Frans!  Canon MP-E65mm Macro (at 5x) + 1.4x tele-extender + 25mm extension tube + diffused MT24-EX Twinlite flash. Heavily cropped. All springtails in the range ~0.5 mm - just over 1 mm.
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