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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » Ptenothrix atra
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Aphid? - Ptenothrix atra
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Kent

Aphid? - Ptenothrix atra
Ontario, Canada
July 31, 2009
Size: VERY small
I know he's mostly out of focus, but he was moving and I had to hold the reversed lens onto the main lens (new equipment on the way).
I don't know if it helps, but there's no fruit trees anywhere near where I took this. Wild strawberries, hazel nuts, wild roses, but no fruit trees for miles. The closest thing would be choke cherries about 300 feet away.
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Contributed by Thomas Kent on 5 August, 2009 - 7:45pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 3:40pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix atra
Most probably, given the more or less uniform body colour with slightly more pale head.
… Frans Janssens, 6 August, 2009 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 5 August, 2009 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

One more thing...
I don't know if it helps, but there's no fruit trees anywhere near where I took this. Wild strawberries, hazel nuts, wild roses, but no fruit trees for miles. The closest thing would be choke cherries about 300 feet away.
… Thomas Kent, 5 August, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

 
globular springtail
Thomas: if you have any relevant info to add to your post, it's better to click 'edit' and add it to the "Remarks" box rather than commenting your own image
… v belov, 5 August, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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