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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » [obsolete rank] - elevate included Orders to Class (Entognatha) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Bourletiella hortensis
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Springtail - Bourletiella hortensis
Copyright © 2007 Claude Pilon

Springtail - Bourletiella hortensis
Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno, Montérégie County, Quebec, Canada
May 3, 2007
Is it a male and female? One was a lot smaller than the other one.
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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 5 May, 2007 - 7:18pm

About the size
The size ranges from 0.9 to 1.3 mm. In Bourletiella the size difference between males and females is not that large as in Sminturides. The males typically are a bit smaller.
The smaller specimen in this picture can also be a subadult.
… Frans Janssens, 6 May, 2007 - 5:39am login or register to post comments

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