Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail: Image compilations and video recordings

# Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail: Image compilations and video recordings [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.w0vt4b8z7](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.w0vt4b8z7) The dataset consists of a series of image compilation videos or video recordings that show the humidity-dependent colour change of body scales of the springtail *L. cyaneus,* showing a clear colour plasticity between golden and violet/blue during a wetting (through misting) and drying process. Video 2a constitutes a screen recording using a cell phone of a live feed of the microspectrophotometer while 2b consists of a video of a live feed recorded by the integrated Pixelink software. Two videos show the contact angle goniometry method.