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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Katiannoidea » Katiannidae » Sminthurinus » Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus » forma bimaculatus (Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus forma bimaculatus)
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unknown pest found on strawberry plant. - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
Copyright © 2022 Caleb Bailey

unknown pest found on strawberry plant. - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus
Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
February 15, 2022
Size: 1mm
I found dozens of these small beetle like bugs on strawberry plants today. They hop around and are almost too small to see with the naked eye. They have one small dot on each side of the tear shaped abdomen. The white material the bug is sitting on is a paper towel. These were found in a controlled environment greenhouse.
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Contributed by Caleb80 on 15 February, 2022 - 3:31pm
Last updated 25 October, 2022 - 2:07pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 February, 2022 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus forma bimaculatus
Indeed not a pest. But can become annoying when with many ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 16 February, 2022 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

A globular springtail--maybe something in this neighborhood:



My understanding is that springtails eat decaying organic matter and are not plant pests. You can read about them here.

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