Thread subject: Diptera.info :: insects?
Posted by
elck on 06-06-2005 18:02
#1
To be fair I don't even know if these are insects.
Ticks? Mites? Bugs? Beetles?
They have 6 feet, but I think I read that ticks go through a stage with 6 feet too.
I see: antennae, 6 feet, hair...
They were like dropplets of tar on treetrunks
anyone, any idea?
#3
Can you tell me why it is not a springtail? It looks remarkably like
Dicyrtoma fusca in my Chinery insect guide...
#4
Ok Paul Collemboles Sminthuridae, .............antennae, bravo!
Posted by
elck on 06-06-2005 18:48
#5
Ok! and... are they mature or larvae?
#6
I guess they might be adults. These buggers do not get very big, so...
Posted by
elck on 06-06-2005 19:06
#7
Knowing where to look I found in heiko bellman's tirion insectguide
Allacma fusca that looks exactly like it.
Thanks for the hints
#8
That is probably the same species I mentioned but placed in a different genus. The name
fusca indicates as much, but I can try to find out, or you can go to
http://www.collem... and see for yourself.
Posted by
elck on 06-06-2005 22:46
#9
I cannot make heads or tails from it,
both names are mentioned and it produces maps, but it doesn't tell me wether they are synonyms or not.
But then again it's all latin to me
#10
elck wrote:
I cannot make heads or tails from it...
The head is where the antennae are.
(Sorry, could not resist...)
They are two different species, and not synonyms which I though likely because of the species names. Comparing these two images of
Allacma fusca and
Dicyrtoma fusca I think it must be the
Allacma.