@bdj.pensoft.netTwo new #springtail species have been described from Colombia as part of an ongoing revision of Neotropical Lepidocyrtus. Lepidocyrtus deiverandersoni and L. rosanae are told apart by tiny differences in their bristle patterns under the microscope.
Read on: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
@bugsneedheroes.bsky.socialAmanda and Dr Kelly Z talk about springtails, which are not insects but are still very bugs. They are their own thing and they are a lot.
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#springtails #entomology #sciencepodcast #scicomm #springtail
@creative-flunky.bsky.socialTomoceridae trapped by Sarracenia purpurea.
#nature #springtail #Tomoceridae #hexapod
@creative-flunky.bsky.socialI love this one! What a cutie!
#nature #insect #springtail
#Dicyrtomina
@creative-flunky.bsky.socialRidiculously cute Dicyrtomina.
#nature #insect #springtail #Dicyrtomina
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