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Globular Springtail - Dicyrtoma aurata
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Globular Springtail - Dicyrtoma aurata
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
October 15, 2008
Size: ~1mm
Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2008 - 7:25pm
Last updated 11 March, 2011 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Ptenothrix unicolor.
Thanks Frans--that explains why I was having trouble seeing the difference!

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… Charley Eiseman, 11 March, 2011 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Globular Springtails.
… tom murray, 16 October, 2008 - 4:52pm

Not Ptenothrix unicolor but Dicyrtoma aurata
Given the recent upload of Dicyrtoma aurata of Charley Eiseman.
… Frans Janssens, 16 October, 2008 - 2:29am

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