Sminthurides malmgreni globular springtail juvenile on the edge of a garden pond

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Inspired by Ed Phillips and challenged by Victoria Hilman I searched my tiny pond for I had no luck there but found another new species instead! These are a closely related species, and are about at their biggest.

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Size: 4129px × 2668px
Location: Deepcut, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Mark Horton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: collembola, deepcut, globby, globular, heath, invertebrate, macro, malmgreni, nature, pond, reflection, sminthurides, smithurides, springtail, surface, surrey, tension, thatmacroguy, water