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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Sminthuroidea » Bourletiellidae
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Black and green ones are globular springtails
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Black and green ones are globular springtails
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
February 24, 2006
A better angle on the black springtail.

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Black Springtail Springtails - Isotoma arctica Black and green ones are globular springtails Springtails
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 25 February, 2006 - 8:33pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 4:00pm

Moved
Moved from Isotoma arctica.
Moved by accident because it was linked to other images.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bourletiellidae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 August, 2009 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 February, 2008 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

At least 3
WOW! There must be at least three species here! :O
… Jonas Insinga, 8 February, 2008 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Indeed
And they represent 3 different families:
Isotomidae: the large elongate one
Bourletiellidae: the globular greenish
Katiannidae: the globular blueblack
… Frans Janssens, 9 February, 2008 - 3:17am login or register to post comments

 
Lucky
It's not often you can get a picture like that. ;)
… Jonas Insinga, 9 February, 2008 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and Allies.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 February, 2007 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

Isotoma arctica
The largest springtails are Isotoma arctica. ID by Dr Ken Christiansen.
… Frans Janssens, 7 February, 2007 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Frans. I'd like to place this photo on the page for the green or black springtail.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 February, 2007 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry for this late reaction...
The green springtail belongs to the family Bourletiellidae.
The blueblack springtail belongs to the family Katiannidae.
… Frans Janssens, 9 February, 2008 - 3:15am login or register to post comments

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