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Symphypleona - Sminthurus fischeri
Copyright © 2008 Graham Montgomery

Symphypleona - Sminthurus fischeri
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 22, 2008
Size: ~2 mm
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 23 January, 2008 - 4:42pm
Last updated 25 January, 2008 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… Graham Montgomery, 25 January, 2008 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Sminthurus fischeri
With incomplete pigmentation. Therefore... still growing ;-)
… Frans Janssens, 25 January, 2008 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Frans. That's odd, I also got this species in Illinois! Thanks again.
… Graham Montgomery, 25 January, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

2mm...
...a giant among springtails!
… HandsOff, 24 January, 2008 - 1:36am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe 1.5mm.
However, for me 2mm is about average, maybe even small, but I do live in Texas. Everything's bigger here! Up north, however, I sometimes see monsters like Steven's.
… Graham Montgomery, 24 January, 2008 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

 
I've come up with 0.5mm...
...for the average size of these ones that I photographed:



I'm pretty sure that is in the right ballpark. Maybe I should double check. That one of Steve's looks like it must be a very, very, distant relative.
… HandsOff, 24 January, 2008 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

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