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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » "sp.6 at collembola.org" (Ptenothrix "sp.6 at collembola.org")
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Globular springtail - Ptenothrix
Copyright © 2016 Thomas Barbin

Globular springtail - Ptenothrix
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
February 8, 2016
Was moving very slightly and very slowly on a stick that was on a moss covered branch. I could not tell what it was doing with the orange thing. Does anyone know what the orange blob is?

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Contributed by Thomas Barbin on 8 February, 2016 - 2:28pm
Last updated 23 December, 2023 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from Ptenothrix.
… Thomas Barbin, 23 December, 2023 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 February, 2016 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix sp. new
New undescribed species.
Currently, I have 1 record of Oregon at www.collembola.org as Ptenothrix sp.6.
… Frans Janssens, 9 February, 2016 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Whoah, that's cool! Thank you
Whoah, that's cool! Thank you Frans!
… Thomas Barbin, 9 February, 2016 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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