Hobby culture
Grizzled
Trade name Tentative
Also sold as Olive
A culture sold as Grizzled. The working identification is Entomobryoides cf. dissimilis.
Read this first
cf. means compare with. It does not confirm the name.
A name used wrongly in the trade is not a synonym. Treat it as a trade label.
What the name stands for
Three different things share one name. A culture is not a species, and a species is not the animals in your tub. Keeping them apart is how this site avoids repeating the trade's mistakes.
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The culture
A lineage kept in tubs and passed between keepers under one name. The name comes from the trade.
- Name type
- Trade name
The origin of this stock is not documented.
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The species it matches
The working identification, and how it was reached.
Entomobryoides cf. dissimilis- Name form
- cf. (compare with) It looks like this species but has not been confirmed. cf. does not confirm a name.
- How sure
- Tentative A best guess that needs checking.
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The animals checked
A specimen was examined.
- Basis
- Body form
- Review
- Reviewed by a curator
Care advice follows the working identification. Check it against what you see.
What would settle it
No open question is tied to this culture.