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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 villosa
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Springtail IMG_1766 - Orchesella villosa
Copyright © 2011 Steve Nanz

Springtail IMG_1766 - Orchesella villosa
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
October 11, 2009
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 January, 2011 - 1:32pm
Last updated 4 February, 2011 - 5:09pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Steve Nanz, 4 February, 2011 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Orchesella villosa
Indeed.
… Frans Janssens, 4 February, 2011 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

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Check out Orchesella, maybe Orchesella villosa.
… tom murray, 29 January, 2011 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Tom
I think you are correct. I've a couple other images of them from the same location that Frans Janssens ID'd previously. Does he still check BugGuide?
… Steve Nanz, 29 January, 2011 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
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It looks like Frans checks every week or two. His last comments were on Jan 15.
… tom murray, 29 January, 2011 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Elongate-bodied Springtail
Check out key for North American springtails. This link takes you to home page. Click on Keys tab, then scroll down to Collembola Lubbock, 1870 Common surface dwelling Collembola of North America
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 29 January, 2011 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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