Dicyrtomid springtail
We have a healthy backyard population of these tiny globular springtails. I believe the antennal characters would place these in Dicyrtomidae - ie last segment shorter than preceding segment (seen below, and in link). AFD lists only the one species from Tasmania, Dicyrtomina tuberculata Womersley 1933.
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Dicyrtomid springtail
We have a healthy backyard population of these tiny globular springtails. I believe the antennal characters would place these in Dicyrtomidae - ie last segment shorter than preceding segment (seen below, and in link). AFD lists only the one species from Tasmania, Dicyrtomina tuberculata Womersley 1933.
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Uploaded on May 31, 2011
Taken on May 17, 2011