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Drepanura californica
Photo#475155
Copyright © 2010
Scott Peden
Bug 2 -
Drepanura californica
Big Basin HQ area, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
November 21, 2010
the ridges are the tree rings of this redwood post.
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Contributed by
Scott Peden
on 25 November, 2010 - 2:24am
Last updated 9 March, 2011 - 6:09am
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 9 March, 2011 - 6:09am
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 27 December, 2010 - 8:12am
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Entomobrya sp.
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Frans Janssens
, 27 December, 2010 - 7:42am
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many like this one
I keep getting a lot of these Entomobrya that look like this, on redwood posts, usually using the moss for cover. They have a very distinctive back, though look at all of the listings for these in bugguide, the closest I can find is Entomobrya multifasciata, and the markings just aren't quite right.
What do I need to have a photo of to be able to ID this one?
These are the only Entomobrya I'm finding on the redwood posts, the other 2 I've seen on occasion are on metal or someplace not colonized by moss.
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Scott Peden
, 4 March, 2011 - 11:28pm
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Drepanura californica
could be an alternative tentative ID, given you found many of them.
Drepanura is closely related to Entomobrya. The difference is easily seen in the shape of the mucro (using a microscope...).
In Drepanura the mucro is falcate (one terminal tooth), in Entomobrya it is bidentate (2 teeth).
But in habutus, both genera look alike...
To confirm this tentative ID we need more shots of the dorsal pattern. This pattern is quite variable. So we need shots of several specimens to be sure.
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Frans Janssens
, 6 March, 2011 - 11:40am
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another enrty
Here is a different day I submitted this same (apparently) Entomobrya
I'll add more anterior shots to this folder, as I'd avoided them thinking they had no ID value.
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Scott Peden
, 6 March, 2011 - 1:27pm
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Drepanura californica
Thanks to your recent upload I found out that I have systematically misidentified such specimens as Salina mulcahyae...
Time for a cleanup ;-)
Your current upload is of juvenile Drepanura californica, given the relative short antennae.
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Frans Janssens
, 9 March, 2011 - 3:56am
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Thanks a lot!
I've noted different sized ones over a period of time, from 1-2mm that looked alike. I though I had more good photos, probably did, Windows just dumped many folders of insects I had made into a file system, as when duplicating the folders, if the name was too long, it deleted my originals, as well as not making a copy.
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Scott Peden
, 9 March, 2011 - 10:49am
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John F. Carr
, 25 November, 2010 - 6:42am
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Springtail
One of the Elongate-bodied Springtails. Nice markings on this one.
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, 25 November, 2010 - 3:49am
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