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Unknown Springtail - Seira brasiliana
Copyright © 2017 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown Springtail - Seira brasiliana
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
January 13, 2017
Size: 1.5 mm
This springtail was living in nesting material made of saw palmetto fibers. The material was found in a mass with smilax and grape vines twisted around a small tree.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 15 February, 2017 - 4:23pm
Last updated 20 February, 2017 - 5:52pm

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Aaron Hunt, 20 February, 2017 - 5:52pm

Seira brasiliana
… Frans Janssens, 16 February, 2017 - 10:58am

 
Thanks so
much for this identification. The previous specimens of Seira brasiliana that you identified for me had no scales. These looked so different with scales that I thought they were something new for me. :)
… Susan Leach Snyder, 17 February, 2017 - 3:30pm

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