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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Orchesella
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Springtail - Orchesella
Copyright © 2010 Mardon Erbland

Springtail - Orchesella
47.6304N 52.6867W, Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
November 7, 2010
Size: Approx 4mm head to rear
Found on the roots of an uprooted spruce tree. I collected it a Kraft peanut butter jar and photograpohed it on the green lid. The temperature was an amazingly warm 15°C for this time of year in Newfoundland.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 7 November, 2010 - 1:11pm
Last updated 27 December, 2010 - 8:23am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 December, 2010 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Orchesella cincta...
but not quite... It could be a closely related species.
… Frans Janssens, 27 December, 2010 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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