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Insect class = collembola Order = Poduromorpha

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Minute grey pudgy hexapod with tiny antennae. It is suggested they are Poduromorpha.
The orange ones are possibly Vitronura giselae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/617159

Habitat:

Under fallen bark in a wet garden bed.

Notes:

http://taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com/2011/10/collembola.html

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
jumpingspiderman
The gray ones are in the order Poduromorpha (class Collembola) but I'm not sure of the ID past that. The orange ones look a lot like the species Vitronura giselae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/258732/bgpage
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PublishedMay 29, 2012

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