Close Encounter

Like most simple organisms, springtail behaviour runs on a pretty simple algorithm:

1. Can it eat me?
2. Can I eat it?
3. Can I make love to it?

Here Orchesella cincta meets Tomocerus minor. Unusually, they didn't immediately spring away from each other but spent some time checking the other out. They both seem to be juveniles so I guess it's teenage experimentation.