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Male and Female Orchesella cincta
Copyright © 2021 Ryne Pavy

Male and Female Orchesella cincta
Orr, Minnesota, USA
December 27, 2021
First image is suspected male, second image is suspected female. The differences seem to be pretty subtle in adults. I find it easier to tell subadults apart.

Marked location is where they were collected, I’ve been culturing them at home for a while now

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Male and Female Orchesella cincta Male and Female Orchesella cincta
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Contributed by Ryne Pavy on 27 December, 2021 - 11:16pm
Last updated 28 December, 2021 - 11:23am

Frassed
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ryne Pavy, 28 December, 2021 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Orchesella cincta
Indeed. Both shots are a male. It could be different specimens given one has more white in the thoracic patches than the other.
Males are more black and white.
In females there is more orange/brown.
… Frans Janssens, 28 December, 2021 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Frans :)
After I posted these guys I began to suspect that maybe they were both males. I will try to photograph an adult female today for my personal use ;)

I will simply frass this post
… Ryne Pavy, 28 December, 2021 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

If these are two different individuals...
...then please unlink the images. Linking is reserved for multiple views of the same specimen.

You can cross reference the two by placing thumbnails in the Remarks section of each, if desired. If you need assistance to do that, just let me know.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 December, 2021 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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