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Globular Springtail - Sminthurus fitchi
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Globular Springtail - Sminthurus fitchi
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 3, 2007
Size: 1.3mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 3 October, 2007 - 9:18pm
Last updated 5 October, 2007 - 8:36am

Moved
This must be the most mature one of the 3 I just found, since it's the darkest.
… tom murray, 5 October, 2007 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Sminthurus fitchi
A dark colour form.
After looking more carefully at the complete set of pictures you have uploaded recently, it is clear that they all are of the same species. I was confused by the dark colour. Sminthurus fitchi has normally a pale greenisch/yellowish body colour.
But all specimens bear exactly thesame faint pattern laterally on the body.
… Frans Janssens, 5 October, 2007 - 2:45am login or register to post comments

Thanks Frans
Now we have an adult and a juvenile of this species.
… tom murray, 4 October, 2007 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Allacma (Trochopilosa) purpurescens
Juvenile specimen.
Adults grow up to 2 mm.
… Frans Janssens, 4 October, 2007 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

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