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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Ptenothricinae » Ptenothrix » Ptenothrix undescribed
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UID tiny leaping insect/bug - Ptenothrix undescribed
Copyright © 2012 Catherine Alexander

UID tiny leaping insect/bug - Ptenothrix undescribed
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
December 27, 2012
Size: ~1.5mm
Found numerous individuals crawling on the carcass of a dead frog and in the surrounding moss. They jump when disturbed. The location is within 50 ft of a pond and was still damp from recent rain. Later noticed more individuals, all in damp moss. Image taken 2:40pm, temperature about 45.
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Contributed by Catherine Alexander on 29 December, 2012 - 5:14pm
Last updated 19 January, 2013 - 1:07am

Moved
Moved from Dicyrtoma possibly-undescribed.
… v belov, 19 January, 2013 - 1:07am login or register to post comments

Ptenothrix sp.
Not Dicyrtoma. Given your other uploaded images.
… Frans Janssens, 17 January, 2013 - 6:31am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 15 January, 2013 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

sorry i didn't realize...
...that the shore patch is home to such a rich dicyrtomid fauna

Moved from Dicyrtoma possibly-undescribed.
… v belov, 15 January, 2013 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dicyrtoma.
… v belov, 7 January, 2013 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 December, 2012 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

Dicyrtomidae: Dicyrtoma sp. nov.
IMHO, it is a new species. New to the USA (possibly introduced) or else new to science.
… Frans Janssens, 30 December, 2012 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

Springtail
Looks like a springtail to me, though I can't say what kind. They jump by flicking their "tails", hence the name
… Michael Battenberg, 29 December, 2012 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
That was fast!
Thank you. I had no idea where to start.
… Catherine Alexander, 29 December, 2012 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 December, 2012 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

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