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Unknown Springtail - Orchesella alpa
Copyright © 2016 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Springtail - Orchesella alpa
Naples , Collier County, Florida, USA
December 13, 2016
Size: 2 mm
This springtail was captured in a pitfall trap left overnight in a scrub. The trap was placed in sand and leaf litter adjacent to Jack-In-The-Bush (Chromolaena odorata)

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 29 December, 2016 - 3:47pm
Last updated 1 January, 2017 - 10:12am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 January, 2017 - 10:12am

Orchesella alpa
Pale form.
… Frans Janssens, 30 December, 2016 - 12:43pm

 
Thank you Frans.
It's interesting that I'm finding both pale and dark forms living so close to one another.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 1 January, 2017 - 2:07pm

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