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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Entomobryinae » Homidia
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Springtail - Homidia
Copyright © 2012 Ben Gray

Springtail - Homidia
Middlesex Fells, Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 1, 2012
Size: approximately 1-2mm
Found this small springtail under a rock while experimenting with the best ways to photograph some of the very small stuff. Not sure if enough will be in focus to get any kind of ID, though.

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Contributed by Ben Gray on 1 January, 2012 - 5:09pm
Last updated 5 January, 2012 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ben Gray, 5 January, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Homidia
probably sauteri but characteristic pattern is not visible...
… Frans Janssens, 5 January, 2012 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID!
… Ben Gray, 5 January, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 January, 2012 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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