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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Globular Springtails (Symphypleona) » Dicyrtomidae » Dicyrtominae » Dicyrtomina » Dicyrtomina minuta » forma ornata (Dicyrtomina minuta forma ornata)
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Pin head sized insect (nymph?) - Dicyrtomina minuta
Copyright © 2013 Robert Overbeck

Pin head sized insect (nymph?) - Dicyrtomina minuta
Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA
January 14, 2013
Size: pin head
Found these all over my trash can and generator. Seem to come out on warm winter days.

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Pin head sized insect (nymph?) - Dicyrtomina minuta Pin head insect (nymph?) - Dicyrtomina minuta
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Contributed by Robert Overbeck on 14 January, 2013 - 2:34pm
Last updated 15 January, 2013 - 7:05am

Moved
Moved from Springtails and allies.
… v belov, 15 January, 2013 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

Dicyrtomina minuta forma ornata
A typical winteractive Collembola.
… Frans Janssens, 15 January, 2013 - 5:36am login or register to post comments

not technically an insect...
check out

...and wait for the experts
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 January, 2013 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks like it. In the c
That looks like it. In the comments it was mentioned that the coloring is variable. I noticed that too in the various individuals I photographed.

BTW your image is better, thanks for the info.
… Robert Overbeck, 14 January, 2013 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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