Comments on: springtails everywhere! http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-12589 burning silo Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:48:06 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/#comment-12589 Wayne - I get a real kick out of watching springtail moving about over surfaces. They very much look like little herds of velvety black sheep or cattle. I didn't want to post too many photos with the piece, so I left this one out -- but it's one of my favourite "pastoral scenes" -- reminds me of a herd of cattle grazing on fresh spring grass. They move quite similarly too -- a couple of steps forward, then munch for awhile, then another couple of steps. Great fun to watch through the LCD screen on my camera! (-: http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/26705018 Wayne – I get a real kick out of watching springtail moving about over surfaces. They very much look like little herds of velvety black sheep or cattle. I didn’t want to post too many photos with the piece, so I left this one out — but it’s one of my favourite “pastoral scenes” — reminds me of a herd of cattle grazing on fresh spring grass. They move quite similarly too — a couple of steps forward, then munch for awhile, then another couple of steps. Great fun to watch through the LCD screen on my camera! (-:
http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/26705018

]]> By: Wayne http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-12588 Wayne Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:26:09 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/#comment-12588 Bev - these are certainly wonderful photographs, but more importantly, close observations along the same lines as the snow spiders! I've noticed them, as you did, in the gills of mushrooms. But I'd hever have predicted springtails to be so velvety, nor that they'd look quite so much like herds of herbivores. Bev – these are certainly wonderful photographs, but more importantly, close observations along the same lines as the snow spiders!

I’ve noticed them, as you did, in the gills of mushrooms. But I’d hever have predicted springtails to be so velvety, nor that they’d look quite so much like herds of herbivores.

]]> By: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-12527 burning silo Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:06:18 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/#comment-12527 Cindy - Always nice to see that you've been by for a visit! Yes, springtails - interesting little creatures. I always enjoy seeing them when I'm out and about as I miss the rest of my insects and spiders in the winter! Cindy – Always nice to see that you’ve been by for a visit! Yes, springtails – interesting little creatures. I always enjoy seeing them when I’m out and about as I miss the rest of my insects and spiders in the winter!

]]> By: Cindy http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-12505 Cindy Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:50:41 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/12/08/springtails-everywhere/#comment-12505 aha, so that's what they're called!! amazing macros Bev.. amazing insects for that matter. Thanks for this most informative post, as I've viewed them before but couldn't id them out. I'vee missed your posts and will try to return again soon (sans sunglasses). aha, so that’s what they’re called!! amazing macros Bev.. amazing insects for that matter. Thanks for this most informative post, as I’ve viewed them before but couldn’t id them out. I’vee missed your posts and will try to return again soon (sans sunglasses).

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