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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae)
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Springtail 2
Copyright © 2018 Jared Shorma

Springtail 2
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
March 4, 2018
Size: 2-3 mm
Found under a rock
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Contributed by Jared Shorma on 5 March, 2018 - 12:29am
Last updated 8 March, 2018 - 10:33am

Moved
Moved from Seira.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 March, 2018 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

are you sure it's not entomob
are you sure it's not entomobrya unostrigata?
… Jared Shorma, 7 March, 2018 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm not sure, sorry
IDing Collembola on habitus shots is a garbage in garbage out system : the quality of the ID is related with the quality of the shot.
In this shot it is not really clear what subfamily it is. It seems iridiscent what presence of scales suggest and therefore I suggested Seira. But if you are sure scales are absent it could be Entombrya sp. Possibly unostrigata given you found them all over the place ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 8 March, 2018 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
E. unostrigata
I do believe it is the quality of the photo effecting the ID of the species
… Jared Shorma, 8 March, 2018 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 March, 2018 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

Seira sp.
… Frans Janssens, 5 March, 2018 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 March, 2018 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

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