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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Willowsiinae » Willowsia » Willowsia nigromaculata
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Willowsia nigromaculata
Copyright © 2013 Andrew Hoffman

Willowsia nigromaculata
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
May 31, 2013
Bad picture, but I am just curious as to what these tiny little critters are. They were all over the steps under a house light at night.
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Contributed by Andrew Hoffman on 1 June, 2013 - 6:36pm
Last updated 2 June, 2013 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 2 June, 2013 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Willowsia nigromaculata
A typically domestic Collembola.
… Frans Janssens, 2 June, 2013 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting...
Is it native to North America? As a side note, the house I was at had been sprayed with pesticides roughly 1 week before and there were numerous dead insects around. These seemed to be in abundance around the other insects (both dead and alive). Would they be feeding on these dead insects?
… Andrew Hoffman, 2 June, 2013 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

 
It has a holarctic distribution
So it is found all over the northern hemisphere.
Many Collembola are scavengers. So they may feed on dead insects. But most feed on fungi. Or on spores of fungi. Fungi may live on dead insects.
… Frans Janssens, 3 June, 2013 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

Slender Springtail…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 1 June, 2013 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ross!
Thanks Ross!
… Andrew Hoffman, 1 June, 2013 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 June, 2013 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

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