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Category: Collembola

Hymenaphorura cocklei (Golden Snowflea)

January 5, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

So, let’s just get this out of the way first: Golden Snowfleas are not fleas (class Insecta, order Siphonaptera). They…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Hymenaphorura, Onychiuridae, Plants, Poduromorpha, Species Profiles Filed under: Golden Snowflea, Hymenaphorura cocklei

Ceratophysella sp.

December 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The other day when I dropped the Lepista nuda on my workbench preparatory to doing a spore print, dozens of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Certophysella, Collembola, Hypogastruridae, Poduromorpha, Species Profiles Filed under: Ceratophysella sp.

Pseudachorutes complexus

November 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I can find almost no natural history information about this species (or even the genus) of springtails (class Collembola) in…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Neanuridae, Poduromorpha, Pseudachorutes, Species Profiles Filed under: Pseudachorutes complexus

Ptenothrix marmorata

November 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This was the springtail I did find when I also found the Pinodytes sp. that I profiled yesterday. I thought…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Dicyrtomidae, Ptenothrix, Species Profiles, Symphypleona Filed under: Ptenothrix marmorata

Orchesella villosa

October 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For many years Collembola (springtails) were grouped with Protura (coneheads) and Diplura (two-pronged bristletails) in the class Entognatha, since they…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Entomobryidae, Orchesella, Plants, Species Profiles

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