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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae » Bourletiella » Garden Springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
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globular springtail - Bourletiella hortensis
Copyright © 2020 Molly Jacobson

globular springtail - Bourletiella hortensis
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA
May 25, 2020
Two of these miniscule springtails found next to a dead ant. An even smaller something crawled up next to it when I took the photo - not sure what kind of hexapod this is, if anyone has a clue to the ID. The smaller critter must have been a quarter millimeter or less, given the already tiny size of the springtail.
Is the springtail Bourletiella hortensis?

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 29 May, 2020 - 6:36pm
Last updated 30 May, 2020 - 9:59am

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2020 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

Bourletiella hortensis
Indeed, Molly.
Wild guess : that smaller hexapod could be a juvenile Thysanoptera.
… Frans Janssens, 30 May, 2020 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

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