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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Sminthuridae » Sminthurinae » Sminthurus » Sminthurus mencenbergae
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Immature insect? - Sminthurus mencenbergae
Copyright © 2011 Rich Hoyer

Immature insect? - Sminthurus mencenbergae
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
June 15, 2011
Size: 1-2 mm

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Contributed by Rich Hoyer on 16 June, 2011 - 11:13am
Last updated 16 June, 2011 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 16 June, 2011 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Sminthurus mencenbergae
… Frans Janssens, 16 June, 2011 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it . . .
immature?
… Rich Hoyer, 16 June, 2011 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
It is an adult.
Collembola are wingless hexapods. Collembola are not related to insects. They are related to Crustacea. Collembola are the first terrestrial crustaceans, about 400 MYA old.

Immature Collembola look exactly as their parents, but they are smaller. They do not have any metamorphosis.

For an intro in the world of Collembola feel free to visit collembola.org.
… Frans Janssens, 16 June, 2011 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
OK.
Thanks.
… Rich Hoyer, 16 June, 2011 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Cool pics of a globular springtail. Frans will tell you which one.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 June, 2011 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

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