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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Poduromorpha » Onychiuroidea » Onychiuridae » Onychiurinae » Hymenaphorurini » Hymenaphorura » Golden Snow-flea (Hymenaphorura cocklei)
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Collembola sp. - Hymenaphorura cocklei
Copyright © 2010 McIvor

Collembola sp. - Hymenaphorura cocklei
Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
June 18, 2009
seen at high altitude at edge of snow.

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Collembola sp. - Hymenaphorura cocklei Collembola sp. - Hymenaphorura cocklei
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Contributed by McIvor on 8 February, 2010 - 5:15pm
Last updated 22 February, 2010 - 8:50pm

Golden Snow Flea
In 1997 I was guiding on Bald Mountain in the Purcell Range west of Golden , Canada. In June of that year I observed numerous colonies of golden collembola dining on chlamydomonas nivealis in sun cups of a temporary (pink) snowfield. I had no camera but was able to study them with a pocket microscope and reversed binoculars.
The altitude was between 7200 - 7400 ft A bright sunny morning.
I also noted several grylloblatid spcs preying on the snow fleas.
I have been looking for some years for the most likely collembola sps and believe that Hymenophorura fit the closest, based on the pictures in your gallery. Great work gentlemen I will visit this site more often for resources on nivean biomes.
… ross mcgeachy, 27 February, 2017 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 February, 2010 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Hymenaphorura cocklei
Aka the golden snowflea

I would appreciate receiving your permission to use your Collembola pictures as illustrations at collembola.org
Credits and copyrights will be provided for each picture used.
… Frans Janssens, 9 February, 2010 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
re Collembola pictures
You have our permission.
… McIvor, 9 February, 2010 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Could you specify your initials so I can provide proper credits, pls?
… Frans Janssens, 10 February, 2010 - 5:25am login or register to post comments

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