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Photo#264869
Unknown tiny springtail

Unknown tiny springtail
Roseville, Placer County, California, USA
April 8, 2009
Size: 1 mm
Taken using a stronger lens I just purchased for my cheap setup. Perhaps more detail will help in identification?

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Hypogastruridae...
are quite difficult to IDy on habitus pictures. There are many lookalike species. And the species are distinguished by chaetotaxy = the distribution of the setae over the body. This requires crispy sharp pictures at minimum 5x magnification and good illumination. Often focus stacking techniques are necessary to get all setae in focus in one picture.

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