Springtail ID Please ??

[bandit 1]

Hiya All,

Whilst trying to capture the Globular I.M.J. ( in mid jump ) I spotted this unidentified little red one, again apologies for the quality :o:lol:

I had a look to see if I could get an ID & all I could come up with is Monobella grassei but they all seem to be a creamy off white, any suggestions most welcome

Cheers for now
Mark

[Bill Pham]

what you talking about you id it already. little red one :D. sorry Mark had to do it. that guy sure is small though. nice one.

Bill

[alliec]

Excellent find Mark, never come across one that colour. Perhaphs he has had a dye job from some foliage ;-)

[racketman]

Ceratophysella bengtsonni ? Look at the gallery by scrolling on the right picture at

http://www.collembola.org

[LordV]

You sure the big springtail hasn't dropped it's cuddly toy :)
Excellent capture Mark- took me a while to spot what you meant.
Brian v.

[racketman]

I've e mailed Frans with a link - all will be revealed.

[Attic]

Looks like a jelly baby to me :lol: Nice shot Mark ;)

[bandit 1]

Hiya Bill, Alistair, Toby, Brain,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments :D

Toby,
You got it I'm sure that's the one, I looked on http://www.collembola.org/ but it was the colour that made me query things, I Googled your suggestion & found this link

http://www.stevehopkin.co.uk/collembolamaps/Poduromorpha/003CEben/

& they do seem to vary a lot in colour. Thanks for the help great stuff :DOh & thanks for e-mailing Frans, fingers crossed eh .


Cheers for now
Mark

[racketman]

common in mainland Britain' but there is only one confirmed record for Ireland'. How weird is that, maybe they fled during the troubles?

[bandit 1]

Hiya Toby,

Funnily enough I found these Springtails in leaf litter & Potatoe peelings ' Irish Famine ' eh :lol::lol:

Cheers for now
Mark


common in mainland Britain' but there is only one confirmed record for Ireland'. How weird is that, maybe they fled during the troubles?

[bandit 1]

Hiya All,

Just received a near enough confirmation ID :D from Frans as follows :-

The small purplish/reddish is not Monobella grassei which is a quite yellow/orange nearurid springtail-without-a-springtail ;-)
Given its small size it is a juvenile specimen.

It is a member of the family Hypogastruridae. Ceratophysella bengtssoni (as suggested at the forum) is a candidate.

But it could also be Hypogastrura purpurescens. Hypogastruridae are hard to ID on habitat pictures.

Hypogastrura is mostly deep blue while
Ceratophysella is more purplish/reddish/brownish even yellowish. But ofcourse there are always exceptions such as H. purpurescens...

Kind regards,
Frans

These folks on http://www.collembola.org/ absolutely amaze me with their wealth of knowledge they must be so dedicated.

Cheers for now
Mark