colinpurrington ,
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I found some mosquito egg rafts to photograph today but was instantly distracted by the springtails. I think this might be a male Entomobrya atrocincta. Found females, too (species is dimorphic).

futurebird ,
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@colinpurrington

Wait... are they semi aquatic? Endemic to mosquito rafts?

Bunches of eggs give me the shivers. What is that about?

I love how fuzzy the springtail is. I'm still shocked from when I learned last year that although they have six legs, and are absolutely arthropods springtails are not insects! So mysterious!

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