Vertagopus arboreus
The diagnostic features of this isotomid are short dense setal cover, a bluish iridisation and pale legs. Juvenile stages are violet in colour.
Vertagopus cinereus has darker legs and lacks the blue iridescence.
On tree trunks, under dead bark and on bare wood. It is often found on fences near cracks in the wood where it seeks cover if disturbed.
Common and widespread.
Not known.
David Gould
Leicester garden
26 February 2012
AJ Cann
Cloud Wood
17 December 2018
AJ Cann
Knighton
28 January 2017
Scale squares 1mm
AJ Cann
Knighton
28 January 2017
Adult, ~1.7mm
AJ Cann
Knighton
28 January 2017
~0.6mm, early instar juveniles
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Springtails & Bristletails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Entomobryomorpha
- Family:
- Isotomidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 23
- First record:
- 26/02/2012 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 24/01/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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Leicester garden
26 February 2012
sheltering in crack in wood
