Friday 19 July 2019

Springtail

Throughout the Summer Penny has a water dish outside as well as the one in the kitchen. This morning when I brought it in to top up with fresh water  I saw this small bug scurrying about in the bottom of the empty dish.

Springtail DSCN9835

Being so small, less than 10mm long, and constantly moving around a shiny stainless steel bowl it was not easy to take a good macro shot.

A close crop:
Springtail DSCN9837

Not only did it scurry about but also leapt across the dish which made it easier to identify as a springtail. Next to it is another very tiny, unidentified, bug.

My trusty pocket Nikon is reaching its 10,000th photograph and starting to become unreliable. It often indicates it is in focus but the 'shutter' doesn't fire. Looks as though it is time to start looking at some reviews before finding a replacement.

1 comment:

  1. A good find.
    Try a firmware update on the camera. 10k doesn't seem an excessive shutter count though Canon doesn't let me know unless I have Magic Lantern installed.

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