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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix
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Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothrix? - Ptenothrix
Copyright © 2010 Scott Peden

Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothrix? - Ptenothrix
Ben Lomond, Southern border, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
December 7, 2010
Size: very very small
I was taking photos of a very small slug (anyone know where to get that IDed?) and when I got home found these as the bonus, since I couldn't see it by eye.

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Contributed by Scott Peden on 12 December, 2010 - 11:28pm
Last updated 27 December, 2010 - 8:05am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 December, 2010 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix
indeed.
Note that Collembola are 'slime-feeders'. The slug's slime is an excellent protein rich source of food for Collembola.
… Frans Janssens, 27 December, 2010 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

 
excellent
information! I had a whole 'colony' of them n top of a slimy Redwood post last night, and got to talk to half a dozen people about what little I knew. My camera allows me to increase image size by 14X so I get to give them a show of what I was looking at. I'll have some new, much better shots to load a bit later.
… Scott Peden, 27 December, 2010 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 December, 2010 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

Slugs
http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/ants/TESCBiota/mollusc/key/webkey.htm
… John R. Maxwell, 12 December, 2010 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank
You!
… Scott Peden, 13 December, 2010 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

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