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beetle? - Ptenothrix

beetle? - Ptenothrix
seattle, Washington, USA
April 23, 2014
Size: 1mm to 3mm
usually in groups of 10 or more crawling around the north-side painted wooden handrail. oddly, they do not seem to hang out on the south side handrail which is identical. they are really tiny and appear to be black specks with the naked eye. i used a macro lense to capture these images. thanks for any help identifying them!

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beetle? - Ptenothrix beetle? - Ptenothrix beetle? - Ptenothrix

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Ptenothrix sp.
Given the 2nd shot in which the typical dropshaped body is well visible.

Dicyrtomidae
Most probably. Do you have a shot in which the antennae are apically in focus?

Cropped and moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

A globular springtail of some kind. Frans, our springtail expert, will be able to tell you more.

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