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Finding, identifying and describing springtails in British Columbia
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Sminthurinus is a genus of very small globular springtails, several of which are difficult to visually ID, having a lot of visual variants that can seem to overlap with each other. Because of the mix of known species that haven’t been seen on iNaturalist, and the other potentially new species, along with existing species variants…
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(TL;DR – species 3 is Keyser Söze) This story begins 12+ years ago, with our hero Frans Janssens trying hard to ID blurry photos of springtails on the internet. The task involves grasping at whatever small hints you can find, including the overall appearance in the photo, any tiny hints from small but significant hairs…
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Ptenothrix beta is a medium-large globular springtail from the west coast of Canada, the USA, and probably Mexico. It’s seasonal for the non-summer times of year, and prefers wet coastal forests. You can find it by panning dirt paths in the forest, or low undergrowth such as Lily of the Valley that hold ground humidity,…
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