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Insect Identification > Description of the Sminthurid Springtail

Details of the Sminthurid Springtail

CATEGORY:
Springtail

COMMON NAME:
"Sminthurid Springtail"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Ptenothrix atra)

TAXONOMY:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Collembola
     Family: Poduridae
      Genus: Ptenothrix
       Species: atra

OTHER NAME(S):
Springtail

CHARACTERISTICS:

ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
2mm to 3mm (0.08in to 0.12in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: white, yellow, brown, purple, black, red

Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts

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