Springtail
Collembola: Entomobryidae
Northern Sierra Nevada, California, US
Why is it not considered an insect?
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rosborne979
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Sun 8 Oct, 2006 03:08 pm
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Francis
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Sun 8 Oct, 2006 03:11 pm
The very same, Ros!
I believe that's because recent genetic studies suggest that the Collembola are a separate evolutionary line from the other Hexapoda.
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rosborne979
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Sun 8 Oct, 2006 03:14 pm
Francis wrote:
The very same, Ros!
I believe that's because recent genetic studies suggest that the Collembola are a separate evolutionary line from the other Hexapoda.
I didn't know that.
Genetic studies are revealing more and more unusual connections/dis-connections in the history of life.
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:06 pm
Looks like a triton, the kind which lives in Central Europe caves...
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rosborne979
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:32 pm
Francis wrote:
Looks like a triton, the kind which lives in Central Europe caves...
It's not a Triton.
This animal lives in the Eastern US, and is a large salamander. These can get to be 2 feet long.
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:43 pm
Could be a Hellbender...
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rosborne979
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:50 pm
Francis wrote:
Could be a Hellbender...
Correct.
It's such a great name for an animal. I wonder where it came from.
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Francis
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 02:52 pm
Well, the current superstition in Europe it that Salamanders can endure the flammes of hell...
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rosborne979
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Wed 11 Oct, 2006 03:00 pm
Francis wrote:
Well, the current superstition in Europe it that Salamanders can endure the flammes of hell...
I wondered if it might be something like that. For some reason Salamanders have always been associated with fire, but I'm not sure why (amphibians don't seem all that fire resistant to me).
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rosborne979
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Mon 23 Oct, 2006 10:10 pm
What's this?
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Little Witch
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Sat 28 Oct, 2006 11:11 am
skinny leopard with a bad hair day
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rosborne979
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Sat 28 Oct, 2006 05:06 pm
Little Witch wrote:
skinny leopard with a bad hair day
Correct. You (or anyone) is up.
(Actually it's a banded Newt, but you get credit for effort).
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Little Witch
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Tue 31 Oct, 2006 11:46 am
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Francis
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Wed 1 Nov, 2006 11:57 am
Sugar Glider:
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Clary
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Mon 13 Nov, 2006 10:05 am
That is passing cute.
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McTag
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Mon 13 Nov, 2006 10:08 am
My experience with animals is, whatever they pass is not cute.
I wonder where it came from.
