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Springtail on slime mold
Isotomurus sp.
-37.8819, 145.348
Field Notes
Description:
When myxogastria appear springtails will also be on the scene and usually before any other feasting forms. This one (4mm) is feeding on a fresh stemonitis probably yet to turn brown. <br> I wonder if they can eat the wiry bits too. <br> Also another species (1.5mm) can be seen top right (Ceratophysella sp.).
Habitat:
On the end of a sawn log in the local national park. DRNP
Notes:
Springtails are hexapods but no longer regarded as insects. They take two main forms - long and tubular or short and spherical. This is one of the larger species. <br> http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/hexapods/collembola.html <br> See antennal flagellation video here https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmania/the-entognatha-pseudo-i…
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2016
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