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Collembola. Springtails.

by Welsh Wildlife.

3 more albums on collembola. Collembolan fossils from the Devonian (ca 400 million years ago) are among the oldest known records of terrestrial animals. these are just a few species I have found in Wales approx. 50 species. a big thank you to Frans at "http://www.collembola.org

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Llangollen oct 18th, Collembola. Sminthurus viridis .
Llangollen sep 1st, Collembola Lepidocyrtus lignorum.
Llangollen May 28th, size under 1mm. Male is a Maroon colour, Deuterosminthurus pallipes. The yellow form = forma repandus. .
west wales coast , june. Anurida maritima.
llangollen april 9th, Collembola, Tomocerus sp.
Llangollen April 5th, Looks like a new Collembola for me only approx 1.5mm Isotomidae. .
Llangollen march 11th, Collembola 0.6 - 0.8mm , Ceratophysella sp.
Borth y Gest feb 24th , A new undescribed Calvatomina. Tentatively called Calvatomina nr superba given it resembles C. superba from New Zealand.
llangollen feb 15th Collembola, Isotoma anglicana.
Wales Jan 25th Collembola, 1 . 5 mm approx. Neanura muscorum.
llangollen jan 13th, Collembola, Kalaphorura burmeisteri.
llangollen dec 16th, Very small , Monobella grassei.
llangollen dec 16th, Small Collembola under wet bark on dead tree, Protaphorura aurantiaca.
llangollen, collembola. Onychiurinae.
llangollen jan 3rd, 1mm in length, so thin i could only just see it and then i had to use a mag glass to see it was a springtail.
llangollen jan 2nd, Collembola. Hypogastrura sp. ??
llangollen jan 4th, Sminthurinus niger, under 1mm.
llangollen dec 27th, Dicyrtomina ornata. Dark colour form.
llangollen dec 22nd, collembola, Dicyrtomina saundersi, A dark colour form .
llangollen nov 4th, Collembola, Allacma fusca forma usignata.
Llangollen sep 4th, Globular Springtail, poss Allacma fusca forma usignata, (Collembola)
llangollen jan 9th, Lepidocyrtus nr nigrescens.
llangollen jan 2nd, collembola, approx 1.5mm, Entomobrya multifasciatus.
llangollen dec 24th, Collembola, Isotomurus palustris.