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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Garden Springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
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Bourletiella hortensis? - Bourletiella hortensis
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Bourletiella hortensis? - Bourletiella hortensis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 10, 2007
Size: .9mm
There were a number of these on small rocks along a dirt path in a wet wooded area.

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Contributed by tom murray on 10 May, 2007 - 8:54pm
Last updated 11 May, 2007 - 6:54am

Thanks Frans and Martin
I like photographing these globular springtails more than the elongate-bodied ones, because they don't move around too much:-)
Now to find other species I haven't got before.
… tom murray, 11 May, 2007 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

Well IDed, Tom.
And great pictures!
… Frans Janssens, 11 May, 2007 - 3:35am login or register to post comments

great shot of these small cut
great shot of these small cute insects!
… Martin Hauser, 11 May, 2007 - 12:31am login or register to post comments

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