Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Garden Springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
Photo#1653299
Speck on compost bin - Bourletiella hortensis
Copyright © 2019 Karen Campbell

Speck on compost bin - Bourletiella hortensis
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 20, 2019
Size: 1-2 mm
Sminthurides sp? This was racing around on the outside of our food-waste compost bin with red mites.

Images of this individual: tag all
Speck on compost bin - Bourletiella hortensis Speck on compost bin - Bourletiella hortensis
Contributed by Karen Campbell on 20 April, 2019 - 2:39pm
Last updated 21 April, 2019 - 1:26pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 April, 2019 - 1:26pm

Bourletiella hortensis
… Frans Janssens, 21 April, 2019 - 12:49pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 April, 2019 - 3:22pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo