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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Entomobryinae » Entomobrya » Entomobrya nivalis
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Entomobryidae ? - Entomobrya nivalis
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Entomobryidae ? - Entomobrya nivalis
47.62040N 52.65643W (WGS84), Sugarloaf, St. John's, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
April 24, 2009
Size: approx 3mm body length
This 'bug' is NOT dead. I was walking in a wooded area and this 'bug' fell off the branch of a spruce tree when I shook the branch above a container. I took the container home to photograph the bug. When I dumped the container on a white board to prepare for the photograph, this 'bug' played dead. It lay on it's back like this for about a full minute before rolling over and starting to crawl. That's when I took the other photos shown here. Incidentally, I've found that it's not uncommon to get 2 or 3 different types of 'bugs' in the same container when shaking a branch over a container like I did today. I'm pretty sure it's in the Family Entomobryidae but can anyone go further?

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 24 April, 2009 - 5:20pm
Last updated 8 May, 2009 - 7:38pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Mardon Erbland, 8 May, 2009 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

Entomobrya nivalis
Definitely Entomobryidae. Well done.
Note the typical U-shaped dorsal marking on the long 4th abdominal segment (best seen in the other pictures ;-) ).
… Frans Janssens, 8 May, 2009 - 2:34am login or register to post comments

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