Friday, January 28, 2011

"Smiley"

In a bowl of sand and sea water where I'm growing worms (more on that later) an unfortunate springtail landed, and was trapped by the surface tension.

Before I rescued him, I took a photo:

Globular springtail, barely visible to the naked eye.
Lifted out, and washed off with fresh water, he recovered the use of his spring mechanism. Boingggg! I managed to capture him before he landed in the computer, and deposited him instead on a plant, where I imagine he is still happily bouncing around.
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