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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Hypogastruridae » Hypogastrura » Toolik Snow Flea (Hypogastrura tooliki)
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Habitat - Hypogastrura tooliki
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Habitat - Hypogastrura tooliki
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 9, 2009
This is what springtails really look like. This is a large, hollow, rotten log. The short, dark lines descending to the right are the wood grain. The short, dark lines ascending to the right are springtails. I mistook them for dirt or mold at first.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 11 April, 2009 - 9:52am
Last updated 9 July, 2010 - 8:07pm

Cropping?
I think that this image would be more informative if it was cropped and showed only the area where the springtails are more concentrated. They would look a little larger and still you could see the wood grain and get the idea.
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 July, 2010 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hypogastrura harveyi.
… John F. Carr, 12 February, 2010 - 6:18am login or register to post comments

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