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springtail - Hypogastrura
Copyright © 2007 Ben Coulter

springtail - Hypogastrura
Erie Bluffs State Park, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 12, 2007
There were dozens of these crawling around on a dead tree reaching up out of the snow. I'm assuming that it is the genus Hypogastrura.

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springtail - Hypogastrura habitat - Hypogastrura
Contributed by Ben Coulter on 12 March, 2007 - 5:26pm
Last updated 9 April, 2007 - 10:15am

Moved
Moved from Elongate-bodied Springtails.
… Ben Coulter, 9 April, 2007 - 10:15am

Hypogastrura sp.
Well done, Ben.
It could be H. harveyi, the most common of the US 'snow fleas'.
… Frans Janssens, 9 April, 2007 - 3:56am

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