Sminthurinus reticulatus is a springtail in the genus Sminthurinus. It is native to Eurasia, but has naturalized in the United States.
This species is yellowish in overall coloration, with stripes down the back. It also has a distinct electric guitar pattern towards the back of the insect. The antenna are white in coloration, and the eyebrows of these springtails are prominent. These springtails are extremely small, being less than a millimeter to 1 millimeter in size.
This species is similar to S. aureus but differs in having both 3-4 transverse bands and the addition of dark lateral banding.
It lives in wet areas, usually in or on moss, under leaf litter, or on wet wood in the fall and winter months.
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