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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Orchesellinae » Orchesella » Orchesella hexfasciata
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springtail - Orchesella hexfasciata
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

springtail - Orchesella hexfasciata
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
November 26, 2006
Size: ~2mm
Found by sifting through leaf litter.

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 November, 2006 - 9:52pm
Last updated 30 November, 2006 - 1:12pm

Moved
Moved from Orchesella fasciata.
… tom murray, 30 November, 2006 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Oops, hexfasciata ofcourse...
Hi Tom, thanks for spotting this blooper...
… Frans Janssens, 1 December, 2006 - 5:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Entomobryidae.
… tom murray, 30 November, 2006 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

Orchesella fasciata, adult
Hi Tom. As I said in another post. You really hit the jackpot! ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 30 November, 2006 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Yipes,
stripes! What a fashion horse this one is.
… Jim McClarin, 29 November, 2006 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Tiger springtail
I think I'll be sifting the leaf litter a little more and see what else is in there.
… tom murray, 29 November, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

 
How are you sifting it?
?? Inquiring minds want to know.
… Jim McClarin, 30 November, 2006 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
kitchen strainer
Jim, I'm using a wire type kitchen strainer with holes about 3mm. Im sifting it into a white bucket, or a large cooler, and carefully looking through the dirt on the bottom for any movement.
Thanks Stephen, you and Jim have some really nice ones yourselves.
… tom murray, 30 November, 2006 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

 
Definitely
Definitely one of the nicer Springtail images I've seen recently!
… Stephen_WV, 30 November, 2006 - 4:00am login or register to post comments

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