The Dance of Love

Mr Sminthurides malmgreni (on the left) is 0.3mm long. Mrs Sminthurides malmgreni (on the right) is 0.5mm long. They are making love on water. Normally I wouldn't post a picture as crap as this but there's a problem. I can't actually see the males with my naked eye. I can just about make out the females but the only things I can see clearly are the couples in flagrante delicto. At that size, I can mange to scoop them up with a spoon and deposit them on a brimming vessel so that I can focus on them with the MP-E 65mm. It doesn't put them off, they just carry on doing what springtails do in the springtime...


Sminthurides malmgreni. 
Sony ILCE-6000
Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 G SSM
f8 1/200 ISO 2500