Entomobrya multifasciata is a widespread and very common species (although curiously, it has not yet been found in Cornwall). The species is found in a wide range of habitats and is one of the major colonisers of cereal crops. The pair of triangular patches of pigment pointing forwards on the posterior margin of the fourth abdominal segment (Figs. 1 and 2) are distinctive in all the specimens I have seen.

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Fig. 1 (above): Entomobrya multifasciata collected from Easton Park, Essex in January 1938 by 'F.G.M.W.' The arrow is pointing towards the pair of forward-facing triangular patches of pigment on the posterior margin of the fourth abdominal segment.

Fig. 2 (above): Entomobrya multifasciata collected from Symondshyde, Herts. in October 1925 by C.H. Jackson. The arrow is pointing towards the forward-facing triangular patch of pigment on the right side of the posterior margin of the fourth abdominal segment.