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Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

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Order Symphypleona - Globular Springtails

Sminthurididae · Sminthuroidea · Katiannoidea · Dicyrtomidae

Family Sminthurididae
Tiny white globular springtail - male Unknown Globular Springtail - Sphaeridia pumilis - male Globular springtail - female Globular.2 - Sminthurides malmgreni - female springtail - Sminthurides aquaticus - female Globular springtail - Sminthurides - male - female Sphaeridia pumilis globular springtail - Sminthurides bifidus

Superfamily Sminthuroidea
Globular Springtail - Janusius sylvestris Deuterosminthurus bicinctus Globular springtail - Prorastriopes coalingaensis - female Washington Globular Springtail - Bourletiella hortensis Janusius sp.? - Sminthurus butcheri Unknown globular - Bourletiella arvalis small springtail - Bourletiella arvalis Unknown Arrhopalitid - Pararrhopalites anops

Superfamily Katiannoidea
Springtail - Sminthurinus henshawi Globular springtail - Polykatianna sminthurina Springtail - Vesicephalus occidentalis Globular Springtail - Vesicephalus Springtail - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus Sminthurinus minutus Double Spot Sminthurinus? - Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus springtail - Sminthurinus henshawi

Family Dicyrtomidae
Globular springtail - Ptenothrix Globular springtail on snow - Dicyrtoma aurata Globular Springtail - Dicyrtomina minuta Dicyrtoma hageni Springtail - Ptenothrix Dicyrtomidae - Ptenothrix Symphypleona - Dicyrtomina Ptenothrix? - Ptenothrix


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