Sminthurides aquaticus, information
Class: COLLEMBOLA Lubbock, 1870
Order: SYMPHYPLEONA Börner, 1901
Family: Sminthurididae Börner, 1906
Species: Sminthurides aquaticus (Bourlet, 1842). Scarce.
The females in this species are white males are yellow.
Females are considerably larger than the men.
The males of this species have corkscrew-shaped antennas, at the mating dance,
he sticks them to the antennae of the female.
The female does lift up the male and walks around with it.
This species is strongly tied to water, you will find them on stones on the side of water, ponds etc.
Species that can be confused with it: non.