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Springtail - Entomobryid - Willowsia buski
Copyright © 2006 David Ellsworth

Springtail - Entomobryid - Willowsia buski
San Pedro, California, USA
August 21, 2006
Size: 1.35 mm
Found this springtail in my house, on a Surplus Shed catalog on the breakfast table. I placed it on white paper, and it was crawling slowly enough for me to have a good shot at taking a photo of it. But it jumped away before I got a chance to take more than one photo! (I realized then that it was a springtail.) 1 mm = 203 pixels in photo.

I suspect that this springtail is of the same species, because its silhouette matches in shape.
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Contributed by David Ellsworth on 22 August, 2006 - 2:59am
Last updated 23 December, 2007 - 12:51pm

Moved
Moved from Entomobryidae.
… john and jane balaban, 23 December, 2007 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

Willowsia buski
The specimen's body is quite deformed. The normal body shape is more like a long ellips. Compare with the pictures of Jim. I assume this specimen suffered from dehydration due to which the largest abdominal segment shrinks the most, giving this peculiar body shape.
… Frans Janssens, 20 January, 2007 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

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