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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » Ptenothrix maculosa
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Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix maculosa
Copyright © 2008 Cheryl Moorehead

Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix maculosa
Seatac, King County, Washington, USA
February 2, 2008
Size: 2mm
Found on a mossy rock at a Japanese Garden near my house. P. maculosa?

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 2 February, 2008 - 6:40pm
Last updated 3 February, 2008 - 10:26am

Moved
Moved from Ptenothrix.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 February, 2008 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix maculosa
Indeed. Given it is more pale than the other specimen, this must be a young adult. It could be a male. Since females have more moults then males, females can grow much darker (and bigger) than males.
… Frans Janssens, 3 February, 2008 - 3:58am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
The two specimens I photographed were only about 1 inch apart, in a depression in the rock.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 3 February, 2008 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

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