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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 Elongate Springtail - Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus
Copyright © 2019 Wendy Duncan

Blue Elongate Springtail - Vertagopus arboreus? - Vertagopus arboreus
Washougal, Clark County, Washington, USA
December 30, 2018
Size: 2mm
The detail I captured of this individual is considerably better than that of the individual I previously submitted which you ID'd as Vertagopus arboreus. Is this the same species?

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Contributed by Wendy Duncan on 12 January, 2019 - 12:59pm
Last updated 13 January, 2019 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 January, 2019 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Vertagopus arboreus
Indeed, Wendy. With nice iridescent blue colours. This species does not have scales (that produce iridisation effects in e.g. Tomocerinae). The blue iridisation is produced by a relative thick wax layer with which the cuticula is covered.
… Frans Janssens, 13 January, 2019 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Frans!
It is a very cool springtail!
… Wendy Duncan, 13 January, 2019 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

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