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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Katiannoidea » Katiannidae » Vesicephalus » Vesicephalus occidentalis
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Globular Springtail - Vesicephalus occidentalis
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Globular Springtail - Vesicephalus occidentalis
Bellevue, WA, King County, Washington, USA
December 10, 2015
Also posted on iNat here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28671411#activity_comment_4558173
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Contributed by AnimalGuy on 8 May, 2020 - 8:39pm
Last updated 9 May, 2020 - 11:22am

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2020 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

Vesicephalus occidentalis
Vesicephalus is a very peculiar genus. The "eyebrows" are swollen and appear to be of glass.
The dorsal macrosetae are stout and blunt.
… Frans Janssens, 9 May, 2020 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Peculiar indeed
Thanks!
… AnimalGuy, 9 May, 2020 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

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