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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 cincta
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springtail - Orchesella cincta
Copyright © 2014 Evan Rolland Jones

springtail - Orchesella cincta
Victoria, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
April 13, 2014
Size: 5mm +/-
looks sort of similar to a rove beetle. Though I'm not sure that's what this is.
I have no guesses.
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Contributed by Evan Rolland Jones on 13 April, 2014 - 9:05pm
Last updated 12 April, 2016 - 3:13pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 14 April, 2014 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

Orchesella cincta
Quite right, Ken!
BTW, not Insecta but Collembola.
… Frans Janssens, 14 April, 2014 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

thanks
I got as far as Elongate-bodied Springtails
… Evan Rolland Jones, 13 April, 2014 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Orchesella cincta?


Frans will let you know if I'm anywhere close.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 April, 2014 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

nice shot.... not technically an insect, tho
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 13 April, 2014 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

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