Globular Springtail - Ptenothrix unicolor

Habitat: Amanita mushroom gills in a deciduous forest

comments (11)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Nice....our 10th springtail! Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Awesome! Posted 5 years ago
2. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Well, I got a correction on the species-level ID, but at least I had the genus correct! And, it's still a species new to JD. Posted 5 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Great! I had also corrected the taxonomy earlier because it was incorrectly classified under insects. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Ohh, oops. I did it again with this record - put it under insects. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        No worries! Posted 5 years ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        My entomology professors would cringe, but I still always think of springtails as insects. Some habits are hard to break! Posted 5 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        It's totally understandable.
        
        A far larger scale confusion is the masses referring to spiders as insects. This is so widespread that I once heard a zoologist claim that perhaps arthropods should be relabeled as insects. Which won't ever happen, but an interesting point. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Definitely interesting. I still have to remind my kids that spiders (and ticks, etc.) aren't insects. They like to debate me on the issue because they know it annoys me, haha. Posted 5 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Oh so cute! I want to find more springtail species!!! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Me too! I need to remember to photograph them as they are nearly always on mushies! Posted 5 years ago