Land Hopper (Arcitalitrus sylvaticus)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jul 02, 2007

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bigadrian666 torquay, United Kingdom Aug 07, 2012

i live in torquay in england and yesterday my girlfriend was cleaning the kitchen she moved the fridge and underneth was loads of orange things and black things from looking at ur pic now its the same as in ur pic the orange ones were dead and the black ones jump about then we found more in the living room and behined the cooker but there was loads of them i havent got a pic on my phone but my girlfriend has can these things course any harm to my 2 kids and we found them inside not outside can u help me atal ?????

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 07, 2012

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The land hopper I photographed is an Australian species and I believe there are no native land amphipods in England. Two Australian species have however been accidentally introduced in England, Arcitalitrus sylvaticus and the related Arcitalitrus dorrieni. This article gives a lot of information regarding Arcitalitrus dorrieni: http://www.brc.ac.uk/downloads/Presentations/2012_TonyBarber_Amphipod.pdf
If yours are indeed amphipods, they are certainly quite harmless feeding on decaying plant material,

Ken

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