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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.
llangollen jan 7th, Dicyrtomina minuta.
llangollen dec 13th, Isotomurus plumosus.
llangollen dec 13th, Isotomurus pseudopalustris.
llangollen nov 23rd, only 0.5 - 0.8 mm, Katiannidae Gen1 nov sp. nov. males.
llangollen nov 16th, Katiannidae, (Collembola) size approx 0.8mm only.
april 13th llangollen, Collembola, Tomocerus vulgaris.
llangollen jan 19th, Collembola, Isotomurus maculatus.
april 13th llangollen, Collembola, Pogonognathellus flavescens.
april 13th llangollen, Collembola, Willowsia platani.
march 21st llangollen, Collembola. Tomocerus minor. Descaled.
march 21st llangollen, Collembola. Orchesella villosa.
march 16th llangollen, Collembola, Willowsia nigromaculata.
llangollen jan 1st, Collembola, 0.6 - 0.8, Katiannidae.
march 15th llangollen, Katiannidae. approx 1mm.
llangollen jan 1st, Collembola, Katiannidae Gen1 nov sp nov. Female.
march 14th llangollen, Entomobrya albocincta
march 14th llangollen, Orchesella cincta.
march 10th llangollen, Pogonognathellus longicornis.
feb 25th llangollen, Collembola, approx 1.3mm. Entomobrya nr imitabilis. New to the UK.
llangollen jan 7th, Dicyrtoma fusca.
feb 25th llangollen, Collembola, Isotoma viridis.
feb 25th llangollen, Collembola, Lepidocyrtus sp. ?.
feb 12th llangollen, collembola, Entomobrya nivalis.
llangollen jan 11th, Collembola. Desoria sp.
feb 12th llangollen, collembola, Entomobrya intermedia.
feb 7th llangollen, Katiannidae. approx 1mm.
jan 26th Great Orme, Collembola. Dicyrtomina saundersi.
llangollen jan 26th, Vertagopus arboreus.
jan 22nd llangollen, Collembola, Katiannidae.
jan 22nd llangollen, Collembola, Katiannidae.
jan 5th llangollen, 0.8 to 1mm wow only saw this with help from camera , Collembola. . Katiannidae
Dec 26th Llangollen , Collembola. Dicyrtomina ornata.
nov 26th llangollen, Springtail. poss id Dicyrtomina minuta .
llangollen collembola.
Llangollen Collembola.
Llangollen jan 2nd approx 1mm, Katiannidae Gen1 nov sp nov female.
llangollen march 11th, Protaphorura aurantiaca.