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Belted springtail - Orchesella cincta
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Belted springtail - Orchesella cincta
Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
December 2, 2006
Size: around 2.5 mm
Collected by sifting assorted moss and fungus samples.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 3 December, 2006 - 4:44pm

Juvenile
Note also the distinctly visible chaetotaxy due to the darkfield illumination effect of the darker background in combination with the light source to the right.
… Frans Janssens, 4 December, 2006 - 5:27am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Frans.
Actually, the light area in this image is simply one side of the deli container coated with Insect-A-Slip. The light enters from 360 degrees.
… Jim McClarin, 6 December, 2006 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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