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Here is a group of (mostly globular) springtails that got caught up in the water flowing from a culvert. Springtails are very tiny animals (~1 mm long) that were once considered to be insects but now are recognized to have a much more primitive structure.

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Just a few of 100+ (mostly) globular springtails in a tight group that I discovered in a drainage conduit today:



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Here's a close-up of a relatively large springtail (at most 4 mm long) that I saw today. Springtails were once believed to be insects but now are recognized to have a much more primitive structure. I think this one is in the Tomoceridae family.

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It's pretty well-camouflaged, even on this human-made construction, but there's a "trash carrier" green lacewing larva in this photo (note the pincers in the top left-hand corner.) These insects pile prey on their backs early in life (as this one apparently is), and later on build their "trash" with trichomes, which are hairlike projections on leaves, which turns it white.



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Here's an ichneumon wasp (Labena grallator) that was injecting its ovipositor into a fallen branch in a marsh. These insects are parasites of trees and some flowering bushes.





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This American Bird Grasshopper appeared at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation in Raleigh, North Carolina the other day. These are the biggest grasshoppers in my areas, and look somewhat like birds when they fly.






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