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These are from a moss culture I found laying around. They originally looked like mites (biggest individuals ~.5mm), but upon recording seemed to be entognathans. I was going to leave it at that, but upon seeing one hop, I decided to check collembolans. Neelidae stood out, and based on distribution (I'm in NYC) and the large antennae, I think this species would make the most sense. I'd like to hear what some people more experienced with Collembola think. I plan to try culturing them, albeit the container I found them in clearly has shown to be doing that already. A certain species of mite is visible living with them too.

I know the general collection site, and roughly when I obtained them, but they are technically captive bred, so I'm leaving it at Casual for now.

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.

Habitat: Beaten from cultivated tree ferns on level 3.

Identification: Coccophagus ochraceus Howard, 1895. Female.

5 mm. Attracting the attention of a Black House Ant. Attached to a cultivated Philodendron plant.