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Mysterious beast

Mysterious beast
Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
October 25, 2016
Size: 1mm
Collected in a buried pitfall trap set 22Aug-25Oct, about 40cm deep in a wooded slope. Soil at the level of the trap entrance was coarse and gravelly, but soil above was finer.

It's hard to tell what's going on with the head.. there appears to be articulating sponge-like structure(s) on the ventral side, and I was unable to find eyes. The antennae appear unusual- a short fat basal segment with a very fine, short filament attached.

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