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Bourletiella arvalis
Photo#1476379
Copyright © 2017
MJ Hatfield
Collembola -
Bourletiella arvalis
60th St, Howard County, Iowa, USA
August 25, 2017
swept in a wet road ditch
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Contributed by
MJ Hatfield
on 12 December, 2017 - 8:00pm
Last updated 13 December, 2017 - 10:34am
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Globular Springtails
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MJ Hatfield
, 13 December, 2017 - 10:34am
Bourletiella arvalis
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Frans Janssens
, 13 December, 2017 - 10:02am
Thank you.
I have photographed one before but the little line of 'military buttons' down the sides threw me.
As an aside, I'm generally not into cute but golly, Collembola are SO cute it's a wonder someone hasn't started a line of plush toys
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MJ Hatfield
, 13 December, 2017 - 10:33am
The 'buttons'...
mark the locations of lateral mechanoreciptive sensilla : bothriotricha.
Wrt to the plush toys, you might reconsider after checking these links :
http://www.collembola.org/images/art/Isotomidae-2003-Virginia-Stearns-Colly-the-Springtail-fabric-wire-l.jpg
http://www.collembola.org/images/art/Dicyrtomina-bluedotii-20081208-Sherri-USA-l.jpg
http://weirdbuglady.blogspot.com/2010/02/schmancy-olympic-challenge.html
http://www.collembola.org/images/art/Entomobrya-knuffel-20160129-Rik-Delhem-Belgium.jpg
http://www.collembola.org/images/art/Entomobrya-knuffel-20160129-Roos-Delhem-Belgium.jpg
;-)
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Frans Janssens
, 13 December, 2017 - 12:42pm