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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Isotomidae » Isotominae » Isotoma » Isotoma delta
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Collembola - Isotoma delta
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Collembola - Isotoma delta
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
November 15, 2008
Size: ~3mm (body)
Feeding on fungus?

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 16 November, 2008 - 3:53pm
Last updated 17 November, 2008 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Scott Justis, 17 November, 2008 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

Isotoma delta
Feeding on fungus, algae or biofilm in general.
… Frans Janssens, 17 November, 2008 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

 
They must have tiny mouthparts
Thanks
… Scott Justis, 17 November, 2008 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Indeed...
Collembola have tiny internal mouthparts. The mouthparts are located in a kind of conical pouch and are exserted from the apical opening of that pouch. The mouthparts of Collembola are highly specialised, and in the groundplan adapted for 'suspension-feeding'. That is, adapted to ingest jelly liquids containing lots of tiny food particles, such as bacteria, protozoa, algae, etc.
… Frans Janssens, 18 November, 2008 - 2:56am login or register to post comments

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