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Water springtail (Sminthurides aquaticus)
Photo#277220
Copyright © 2009
Tracy Palmer Villalobos
Springtails -
Sminthurides aquaticus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 6, 2009
Founds these on the edge of my pond.
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Contributed by
Tracy Palmer Villalobos
on 19 May, 2009 - 9:40pm
Last updated 14 June, 2009 - 9:07am
Moved
Moved from
Springtails and allies
. Wow, we only had one image of this species!
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Charley Eiseman
, 14 June, 2009 - 9:07am
Sminthurides aquaticus
Family Sminthurididae. Very small globular springtails with dimorphic sexes. The males are half the size of the females and have modified clasping antennae with which they can grab the bases of the antennae of a female. Look out for such head-to-head interconnected couples in the colony!
Thanks, Charley ;-)
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Frans Janssens
, 14 June, 2009 - 3:11am
Moved
to Collembola, to see if Frans Janssens has anything to say... but I think you (like me) will need a better lens/camera to get very far with springtails.
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Charley Eiseman
, 12 June, 2009 - 1:46pm