MYN / Matt Cole / Globular Springtail (Dicyrtomina ornata; Sminthuridae). Suburban garden, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, UK, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Raft of Water springtails (Podura aquatica) feeding on floating detritus, South Wales, UK, August

Nick Upton / Common / Long Water Measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum) on water surface, with Springtail prey impaled on its sucking rostrum. Wiltshire, UK, April.

Alex Hyde / Springtails {Neanura muscorum} under bark on dead beech log, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Focus Composite.

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Springtail (Deuterosminthurus pallipes) feeding on fungal hyphae on leaf, with pin head for scale

PREMAPHOTOS / Raft of springtails (Anurida littorale) floating on water surface of a rockpool, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Hairy ground springtail (Orchesella flavescens) UK

Nature Production / Springtail {Sminthuridae} Japan

Kim Taylor / Springtail (Collembola) x10 magnification, UK

Kim Taylor / Marine springtails {Anurida maritima} in tidepool, UK.

Doug Wechsler / Mass of Springtails on surface of pond {Collembola sp} Massachusetts, USA

Kim Taylor / Springtails (Collembola) congregating on a dead leaf at the edge of a pond, Surrey, England

Kim Taylor / Minute Springtail (Collembola) on water fern (Azolla) Surrey, England

Premaphotos / Velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) gathering with Springtails (Anurida sp.) on the surface of a rock-pool, Kenya