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Smaller springtail - Sminthurinus elegans

Smaller springtail - Sminthurinus elegans
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
January 29, 2007

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Sminthurinus elegans
The 2 tiny globular springtails with longitudinal bands on their abdomen are Sminthurinus elegans.
The large specimen is of the family Isotomidae.
The wrinkled thing to the left of the large specimen is probably a dead specimen or a casted skin.

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