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Photo#85977
Yellow with dark speckles - Pogonognathellus flavescens

Yellow with dark speckles - Pogonognathellus flavescens
Hudson, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
November 1, 2006
Size: 3 mm or so
Did not measure.

In all, I did a very poor job with this batch of springtails (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) I found near a marsh on a small log partially covered (esp. on bottom) with a layer of dry, brown fungus. For some reason they all died soon after placement in my light arena despite frequent mistings to prevent dehydration. Then, while photographing their tiny corpses I seem to have forgotten to shoot any next to a millimeter rule. Finally, I cannot atest that any of these photos are of the same individual, so I will probably unlink them after posting them with the same set of data.

Moved
Moved from Tomoceridae.

Moved

Not Tomocerus pogonognathellus...
But Pogonognathellus flavescens.

Moved
Moved from Tomocerus.

Pogonognathellus flavescens
Hi Jim. P. flavescens is normally uniformily leadgrey, silvergrey when all scales are intact. If the scales are removed, the body colour is uniformily yellow, however. Hence, its name 'flavescens'. Another characteristic: its antennae are shorter then its body.
This is a juvenile specimen. Adult P. flavescens are between 4 to 6 mm.

An afterthought: due to the loss of scales the specimen becomes very vulnarable to dehydration. They normally live in very damp places (more than 95% air humidity). The scales prevent them to dehydrate. I assume, in your light arena it will not be possible to create such a high humidity.

 
No, not quite possible
unless I wanted images of them swimming. Wait a minute, some of these walk on water don't they? Hmmmm.

Moved

Tomocerus
Hi Jim. Although the pictures might not been from the same specimen it appears to me the same species anyway. So it is best to keep the pictures linked in one set.
I just found an anonymous comment at the Seira bipunctata pictures of Perry according to which linking is for the same individual... This must be 'bugguide speak'. If this is a bugguide rule, it would be best to provide hyperlinks inbetween these related images to indicate that they are to be considered as kind of one record of several specimens of the same species.

 
Hi Frans,
I've linked all the Tomocerus in the text body and moved them to the guide page. Thank you so much.

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