Will Watson / Water springtails (Podura aquatica) floating on surface of a pond, Brecon, Wales, UK, August.

Pete Oxford / Springtails (Collembola) floating on water surface, Quito, Ecuador.

Stephen Dalton / Springtails (Collembola) and natural oil on puddle, UK.

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.

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

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

Roman Willi / Globular springtail (Dicyrtomina ornata) with water droplets on its back, portrait, Lucerne, Switzerland. December. Focus stacked image.

Konrad Wothe / Springtails (Collembola) swarming on water surface, Bavaria, Germany, Europe. February.

Alex Hyde / Globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi) on dew-covered dead leaf. Derbyshire, UK. October.

Alex Hyde / Marine springtails (Anurida maritima) floating on surface of rockpool in intertidal zone. The grains of sand that are floating alongside them give a sense of scale. The springtails are coated in a lay...