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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Marsupial Crustaceans (Peracarida) » Isopods (Isopoda) » Scutocoxifera » Woodlice (Oniscidea) » Holoverticata » Orthogonopoda » Crinocheta » Philosciidae » Philoscia » Philoscia muscorum
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Not a springtail - Philoscia muscorum
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Not a springtail - Philoscia muscorum
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 22, 2009
Size: 5 mm
I read that dirt is full of springtails, spread a pile of dirt onto a white surface, and found only this isopod. So I learned yesterday that springtails do not really exist.

(I also found some snail shells, which are not covered by bugguide, and a pine cone probably buried by a squirrel.)

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 March, 2009 - 7:14pm
Last updated 25 March, 2009 - 6:28am

isopod
Hi! This is an isopod (Crustacea, Oniscidea), a.k.a. woodlouse.

This is a Philoscia muscorum (Philosciidae family), a species introduced from Europe.

F.
… Ferenc Vilisics, 25 March, 2009 - 5:09am login or register to post comments

or what you found
was not dirt! :)
… john and jane balaban, 23 March, 2009 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

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