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Post by Sidney on Apr 19, 2010 20:40:32 GMT -5
Excellent images, Bannanny. I sent them to Frans and asked him to let me know if they are or are not Collembola.
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Post by Sidney on Apr 19, 2010 20:41:59 GMT -5
If you want to know about Collembola as a skin parasite, see the NPA's web site. They did a study on 20 patients much more recently. rhorn, if you were posting to me, YES, I know, I helped facilitate the study and participated.
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Post by bannanny on Apr 19, 2010 20:53:53 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the first 3 are springtails... the 2 that hadn't reached an adult stage yet look like they're wrapped up in morg gel to me, or even being created out of the stuff. The red gel lookin bug looks like a tick and the last one of course is a flying red ant I think. Looks very strange in whatever it's wrapped up in too. We have alot of those out here in the summer. In fact when I first moved out here there was an explosion of the things. They were trying to get into my trailer I had up here at the time and were coming up out of the ground like crazy. When it was all over there were huge piles of them I'd raked up... it was really weird to say the least!
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Post by Sidney on Apr 20, 2010 10:03:27 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the first 3 are springtails... the 2 that hadn't reached an adult stage yet look like they're wrapped up in morg gel to me, or even being created out of the stuff. The red gel lookin bug looks like a tick and the last one of course is a flying red ant I think. Looks very strange in whatever it's wrapped up in too. We have alot of those out here in the summer. In fact when I first moved out here there was an explosion of the things. They were trying to get into my trailer I had up here at the time and were coming up out of the ground like crazy. When it was all over there were huge piles of them I'd raked up... it was really weird to say the least! Frans reply this morning: Dear Sidney, the first 3 pictures are Insecta: Psocoptera (dustlice, barklice). The 4th picture is Acari (a mite). The 5th picture is Insecta: Diptera. No Collembola... Kind regards, Frans
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Post by kammy on Apr 20, 2010 12:54:00 GMT -5
Did we ask Frans what K-Marie's is?
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Post by Sidney on Apr 20, 2010 13:01:52 GMT -5
No, and I am nearly hysterical because of pressures, but will find the image and send it. So sorry, KMarie. I hope the image is in this thread. Thanks for the heads up!
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Post by Sidney on Apr 20, 2010 13:08:12 GMT -5
Find the image for me and I'll send it to Frans. Apparently it's no longer available. (error 404 and image removed due to size.)
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Post by Jill on Apr 20, 2010 13:22:49 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the first 3 are springtails... the 2 that hadn't reached an adult stage yet look like they're wrapped up in morg gel to me, or even being created out of the stuff. The red gel lookin bug looks like a tick and the last one of course is a flying red ant I think. Looks very strange in whatever it's wrapped up in too. We have alot of those out here in the summer. In fact when I first moved out here there was an explosion of the things. They were trying to get into my trailer I had up here at the time and were coming up out of the ground like crazy. When it was all over there were huge piles of them I'd raked up... it was really weird to say the least! Frans reply this morning: Dear Sidney, the first 3 pictures are Insecta: Psocoptera (dustlice, barklice).The 4th picture is Acari (a mite). The 5th picture is Insecta: Diptera. No Collembola... Kind regards, Frans Thank Frans for all of us Sidney- good information! Bannanny, Recall the info that I posted for you last year? The Bark Beetles and the pollen/fungus cycle? Looking at those pictures of all the poppies surrounding your house- those links came to mind.
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Post by bannanny on Apr 20, 2010 20:23:27 GMT -5
Thanks Sid... and thank Frans for me too! Looks like we got more than our fair share of little critters out here huh? What about this one... is it a springtail?
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Post by bannanny on Apr 20, 2010 20:27:12 GMT -5
I do remember that Jill... and what killed our Arizona Cyprus trees was a bore beatle only applicable to So Cal. Like I said... we got lots of stuff out here!
hugs ~~ bannanny
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Post by kammy on Apr 21, 2010 11:15:23 GMT -5
Mine has 2 antenna or 'horns' also:
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Post by Sidney on Apr 21, 2010 12:19:51 GMT -5
Mine has 2 antenna or 'horns' also: Kammy, did this come from your skin or was it found elsewhere? In any event, I have sent Bannanny's image to Frans and will send this one as well. There are white species of Collembola. They come in an array of colors as a matter of fact. I think the aquatic species may be the blue ones. tinyurl.com/2fcfnr2Springtails come in a wide variety of decorator colors, including white, pink, yellow, green, orange, red, blue, and indigo. eggs hatch into young which are smaller than adults, but similar in appearance. Females of some Sminthuridae cover their eggs with a glaze of freshly eaten soil and fecal material. This mixture evidently protects the eggs from dehydration and fungal attack.
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Post by kammy on Apr 21, 2010 12:41:52 GMT -5
I'm sorry Sidney - I usually put where 'things' come from - that's out of my ear.
I think it's a 'snipe', myself... ;D
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Post by Sidney on Apr 22, 2010 10:06:41 GMT -5
See Reply #28, Bannanny's image:
Reply From Frans Janssens:
Dear Sidney,
indeed this is, euh was..., a springtail: family = Entomobryidae.
Where and when did you find it? How did you catch it?
Kind regards,
Frans
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Post by Sidney on Apr 22, 2010 10:08:15 GMT -5
To Kammy's critter, reply #31:
From Frans Janssens:
Dear Sidney,
have no idea wath this is... But it is not Collembola!
Kind regards,
Frans
Sidney wrote:
> * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * Mine has 2 antenna or 'horns' also: (From Kammy) > > *[image]
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Post by kammy on Apr 25, 2010 13:15:03 GMT -5
To Kammy's critter, reply #31: From Frans Janssens: Dear Sidney, have no idea wath this is... But it is not Collembola! Kind regards, Frans Sidney wrote: > * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * Mine has 2 antenna or 'horns' also: (From Kammy) > > *[image] Figures...
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Post by in tokyo on Apr 26, 2010 13:40:11 GMT -5
Hey, that's interesting! That makes several of us just in this thread that have experienced more insect-things in the beginning of our sickness. I used to be able to watch those black specks emerge out of my palms after washing dishes in hot water. I could sit and pick them off one by one in the sunlight. I counted 60 one time. Under the microscope they were a twisted mass of stiff black fiber thorns. Another terrifying thing was checking the dryer lint after washing laundry on hot with ammonia: I'd get these crusty black roach-leg things on the lint screen, 1 to 1.5 inches long. I don't have many of the crispy black insect things anymore, just the fibers. When I first got sick I was being actively bitten by mites, that normally live in the gardens and fields here. Now, I take a lot of effort to avoid coming into contact with insects, because as we know, they head right for us. Maybe less exposure to insects has allowed the black things to stop?
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Post by Jill on Apr 26, 2010 13:44:28 GMT -5
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Post by kmarie on Apr 26, 2010 14:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by toni on Apr 26, 2010 15:21:50 GMT -5
Jill, I'd NEVER seen this Mark Darrah video! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS ;D
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