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Male or Female

There's an area of our Staffordshire garden where there is a population of this globular springtail - Katianna schoetti. Not often recorded in the UK (like many springtail species) and apparently, no other county records.

 

FransJanssens@www.collembola.org has asked if I can get shots of the underside of the small abdomen to see if it's possible to determine gender. Wonder if this image is of any use.

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Uploaded on April 30, 2021
Taken on April 29, 2021