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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtomina » Dicyrtomina minuta
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Unknown insects on deck - Dicyrtomina minuta
Copyright © 2020 Sydneyri19

Unknown insects on deck - Dicyrtomina minuta
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
January 12, 2020
Photo taken outdoors on railing of deck. Temperature was unusually warm at ~65 degrees F. There were many of them.
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Contributed by Sydneyri19 on 13 January, 2020 - 8:44am
Last updated 13 January, 2020 - 12:00pm

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.

First pic from CT.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 January, 2020 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Dicyrtomina minuta...
is a typical winter-active species.
… Frans Janssens, 13 January, 2020 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you
… Sydneyri19, 15 January, 2020 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Globular springtails. They're hexapods but not, strict speaking, insects. Frans, our springtail expert may be able to take the ID further.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 January, 2020 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
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