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Flock of Springtails
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Flock of Springtails
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
February 3, 2006
Size: under 2mm
Here's a zoomed out picture showing more, but not all the springtails on this one log. When I first saw this, I thought it was lichen on the log, but when I looked closer, some spots were moving.

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Contributed by tom murray on 4 February, 2006 - 5:59pm
Last updated 15 January, 2008 - 4:37pm

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