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Globular Springtail - Pseudobourletiella spinata
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Globular Springtail - Pseudobourletiella spinata
Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: ~1.5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 8 June, 2008 - 6:31pm
Last updated 9 June, 2008 - 7:23am

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… tom murray, 9 June, 2008 - 7:23am

Pseudobourletiella spinata
Males up to 1.6 mm
Females up to 2.3 mm

Males have frontal directed spines dorsally on the anal segment.
Which I cannot see in this picture, so it could be a juvenile female specimen.
… Frans Janssens, 9 June, 2008 - 4:32am

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