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Globular springtail, Bourletiella arvalis, Bourletiellidae, Collembola, Hexapoda

Springtails are a species of omnivorous, wingless hexapod (six-legged arthropods but not insects) found throughout the world in most habitats, especially in damp soil where they help with nutrient recycling. As their name implies, globular springtails are much more rounded than the usual long-bodied springtails. This species, Bourletiella arvalis, is found in North America and Europe.

Photos 1-2 by nomolosx, 3 by alexis_orion, 4 by keimwj, 5 by berkshirenaturalist, 6 by mrmacro, 7-8 by robidium, and gifs 9-10 by sloppydemon

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Springtails Jump Off Water

Springtails are tiny hexapods often found near water, where they execute their superpower: backflipping off the water’s surface. (Image and video credit: Ant Lab/A. Smith) Read the full article

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This round little creature is a pine toad [Incilius occidentalis] found in Sierra de Santa Rosa, Mexico, by photographer Angel Antonio. These toads possess striking, high-contrast markings which help camouflage them against the terrain of their pine forest habitats. 

#toad #i look at his belly and i smile :)

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TGI Flyday

#diptera #art

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Vampire amoeba

#omnomnom

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Northern Flicker

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Real life pokemon

(via)

#they look so soft ;_______;

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An absolutely gorgeous tropical earwig, couldn’t find a species name anywhere. Earwigs have always been some of my favorite insects, it’s really unfair how much people loathe them when they really can’t harm people at all, nor are they significant household or garden pests.

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CUT MY LEAF INTO PIECES

AND THEN WE DRAG AND SORT

FERMENTATION

AND SEEDING

CAN’T EAT A FUNGUS IF I’M NOT FUNGUS BREEDING

#LOVE this.

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Firefly Science (via: Science Through Nature)

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Eudicella Smithi, or “Flower Beetle” AKA “Jade-Headed Buffalo Beetle”

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Pale Green Weevil (Polydrusus Impressifrons)

#ohhhh...

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Textile art by Natalia Lubieniecka

This artist on Etsy // Instagram

#art #insp

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call the cops

#art

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Boreal toad tadpoles [Anaxyrus boreas boreas] at the edge of South Clear Creek in Arapaho National Forest, Colorado. The Boreal toad is a subspecies of the western toad, and tadpoles of this species can take anywhere between 28 to 45 days to morph into toadlets, depending on environmental factors such as temperature and water levels. Images by Stephen Nyman.

#toads #god i wish that were me

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Moths found at a light trap in the Ecuadorian cloud forest

#moths #lepidoptera #idalus herois i see and respect u

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Wilcox’s Frog Litoria wilcoxii Source: Here

#frogs #He