Symphypleona sp. (order)
Globular springtail at Lawson, ACT
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| Symphypleona sp. (order) | 1 Nov 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Symphypleona sp. (order) | 31 Oct 2025 | TimL |
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Going about their lives around us largely unnoticed are these 1mm long Globular Springtails. This green-eyed one was photographed tearing about on a sheet of paper.
1 comment
CathB
wrote:
24 Aug 2026
I wonder if this, as well as a few other 'Symphypleona' sightings, is actually a Psocid or plant louse. See Plant Lice (Psocodea, Pscoptera, several families)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.094517-35.227910
- Maps Lawson North Grasslands
- Places Lawson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2025 03:59 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Springtails (Collembola) Primitive insects Insects Symphypleona sp. (order)
Species information
- Symphypleona sp. (order) Scientific name
- Globular springtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 841.7m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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