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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtoma » Dicyrtoma fusca
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Collembola - Dicyrtoma fusca
Copyright © 2011 Scott Justis

Collembola - Dicyrtoma fusca
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
November 27, 2011
Size: ~1.75mm
Striking colors on this one. Stood out like a sore thumb on the background of decaying bark.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 29 November, 2011 - 1:16pm
Last updated 1 December, 2011 - 9:21am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Scott Justis, 1 December, 2011 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Dicyrtoma fusca
An infraspecific white-foot colour variant.
… Frans Janssens, 1 December, 2011 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
I...
have only seen one of these so far. Most of them are fairly dull colored.
… Scott Justis, 1 December, 2011 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
It could be...
that the white-foot specimens are specimens that just finished moulting. Possibly the new skin explains the bright colours.
… Frans Janssens, 1 December, 2011 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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