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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Orchesella » Orchesella texensis

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Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Fast, elongated, and hairy springtail - Orchesella texensis

Fabens, El Paso County, Texas, USA
July 22, 2015

These collembola were running fast on the ground. A tiny carabid was also running fast in the vicinity. I wonder if the small ground beetle was preying on the collembola. I took photos of the ground beetle, but they were poor quality and I deleted them.

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Fast, elongated, and hairy springtail - Orchesella texensis

Fast, elongated, and hairy springtail - Orchesella texensis

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 23 July, 2015 - 12:11am
Last updated 23 July, 2015 - 8:28pm

Moved

Moved from Springtails and allies.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2015 - 4:30pm

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Orchesella texensis

Note subdivided ant.1 and ant.2, typical in Orchesella. Both antennae have been mutulated and have been partly recovered. In the left antenna, ant.4 is missing (or fused by recovery with ant.3). In the right antenna, ant.2-4 are recovered in a short fused antennal segment.
New for Bugguide! :-)

… Frans Janssens, 23 July, 2015 - 4:17pm

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Thanks Frans!

It made my day to know that these pics were a new find for BugGuide. Wonderful! Your Collembola.org page is amazing! Thanks again for your kind help.

… Salvador Vitanza, 23 July, 2015 - 8:23pm

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Moved for expert attention

Moved from ID Request.

Are these two different individuals? If so, the images should be unlinked. They can be cross referenced by placing thumbnails in the Remarks section, if desired.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2015 - 5:04am

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Thank you for the tip! But

I took consecutive pictures of what I thought was the same individual. You can see that both photos show a bug with a broken right antenna at the same exact place. Results of picture quality varied widely and I selected two of the best shots.

… Salvador Vitanza, 23 July, 2015 - 5:12am

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Yep. Missed that antenna.

They look a bit different due to slightly different lighting, no doubt.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2015 - 4:27pm

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