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One hundred pin head sized bugs.
Copyright © 2010 Rob

One hundred pin head sized bugs.
Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
December 1, 2010
Size: Pin head
Found more than 100 of these pin head sized critters on this very cold, wet morning in Beacon Falls, CT.
Contributed by Rob on 1 December, 2010 - 9:57pm
Last updated 27 December, 2010 - 8:10am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 December, 2010 - 8:10am

Dicyrtomidae
… Frans Janssens, 27 December, 2010 - 7:32am

so-called 'globular springtails'
moved where the expert will see the photo

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 1 December, 2010 - 10:00pm

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