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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Isotomidae » Isotominae » Vertagopus » Vertagopus arboreus
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Blue Springtails - Vertagopus arboreus
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Blue Springtails - Vertagopus arboreus
Burien, King County, Washington, USA
November 4, 2007
Size: 1-2mm

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 4 November, 2007 - 2:42pm
Last updated 11 November, 2007 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from Isotomidae.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 11 November, 2007 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

Vertagopus arboreus
Given your recent set of pictures.
… Frans Janssens, 11 November, 2007 - 4:30am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I'm very confident that the ones I found in my yard are the same species as these that I found at the beach. These were in an area that is out of reach of the salt spray, so I don't think the "marine habitat" is a factor.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 11 November, 2007 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Some candidate genera:
1. given the marine habitat: Archisotoma, or Axelsonia, both typically found in littoral areas.
2. given the deep blue colour and body habitus: Desoria
But there are other genera with deep blue species, such as Pseudisotoma.

To distinguish these genera, the first we need is a picture of which the terminal body segments are distibctly in focus to find out whether or not the 5th and 6th abdominal segments are fused.
… Frans Janssens, 5 November, 2007 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

 
Next weekend
I'll go back and hopefully it won't be rainy, like it was on the day I photographed these. They were extremely numerous, so it shouldn't be difficult to get better photos. I forgot to turn the noise reduction off on my new camera, so things were softer than I had planned.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 5 November, 2007 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

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