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another little flea
Copyright © 2009 Rick Buss

another little flea
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
November 6, 2009
Size: 1.25 mm
This was in some leaf detritus removed from an old Ponderosa pine stump. No sign of any rodent nest but there was this flea. Maybe the family Ceratophyllidae?

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 14 November, 2009 - 10:47am

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