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springtail - Hydroisotoma schaefferi

springtail - Hydroisotoma schaefferi
El Dorado Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 16, 2015
On surface of water. Looked interesting.. maybe something in the Isotomidae...?

Isotomurus sp.
Sorry, I changed my mind...

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies. Thanks for the ID Frans! It's a new one for me. And thanks Emile - these tiny things fascinate me. Especially the semiaquatic ones. Spending a lot of time in aquatic/wetland habitats lately and it seems like there's always something interesting crawling about on the water surface.

What a great photo, of such a small animal, Chris !
And Frans identified it to species !

Hydroisotoma schaefferi

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