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Please help I'd this bug. I have a lot of these tiny bugs for the first time this year. Inside and out side on an old deck. Size: 1/16 to 1/32 inch. S...
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Asked July 30, 2021, 12:42 PM EDT
Please help I'd this bug. I have a lot of these tiny bugs for the first time this year. Inside and out side on an old deck. Size: 1/16 to 1/32 inch. See attached pic. Thx!
Hennepin County Minnesota
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The animal in the photo is a springtail. Compare here:
https://images.app.goo.gl/WqCMt1AnPrmoev86A
Learn more here:
https://extension.umn.edu/nuisance-insects/springtails
https://images.app.goo.gl/WqCMt1AnPrmoev86A
Learn more here:
https://extension.umn.edu/nuisance-insects/springtails