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Compost Pile Springtail

Compost Pile Springtail
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California, USA
December 8, 2014
Size: <1mm
Captured during the day from a small compost pile, made up of mostly chicken manure and plant matter such as orange peels and moldy persimmons. I took the clearest pictures I possibly could- I would appreciate the closest ID possible since I'm planning on culturing the springtails from the compost pile, and I want to create pure cultures, so I want to find out if these springtails are all the same species or not. Thank you!

Collected from the same compost pile as these specimens:

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