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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Entomobryinae » Entomobrya » Entomobrya assuta
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banded springtail - Entomobrya assuta
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

banded springtail - Entomobrya assuta
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
December 23, 2006
Size: 1.7mm
I've adopted Jim's method of photographing springtails in water, and I'm finding it much easier and getting better results. Thanks Jim!

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 December, 2006 - 6:14pm
Last updated 24 December, 2006 - 9:23am

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The springtails were trying to jump out of the water until they couldn't jump anymore. That explains why a few had their furca extended. Thanks Frans.
… tom murray, 24 December, 2006 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Entomobrya assuta
Note the extended furca. This furcal position is typical for an exhausted specimen, that consumed all its energy in jumping trying to escape. It does not has the strength anymore to 'pull up' its furca underneath it where it belongs...
… Frans Janssens, 24 December, 2006 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

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