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What is this creature? 2016-05-21 11:10:32 Post No. 2126780
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What is this creature? Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:10:32 Post No. 2126780 [Report]
Was doing research stuff on freshwater amphipods and one of my samples had these little six legged critters floating on the water surface.

They are about 1 to 2 mm long. Found at lake Waihola newzealand. Are they some sort of insect larval stage?

Photo was taken through the lens of a dissecting microscope.
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:13:24 Post No.2126782
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Here is a video. It is very shaky. It was difficult to take a stable video, as I was recording this with a tablet camera.

https://youtu.be/qloXtJoXfkw

I have also included a picture of an amphipod infected by parasite maritrema poulini, shown as a black circle within the body.
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:14:31 Post No.2126783
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:14:31 Post No.2126783 [Report]
first is a springtail
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:19:09 Post No.2126789
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 11:19:09 Post No.2126789 [Report]
>>2126783
Thank you anon. It does look like some sort of springtail. They look quite creepy.
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 12:06:20 Post No.2126814
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 12:06:20 Post No.2126814 [Report]
>>2126780
I know they are incredibly pests but it's pitty cute.
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 12:21:23 Post No.2126822
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Anonymous 2016-05-21 12:21:23 Post No.2126822 [Report]
>>2126814
Itty bitty eyes and itty bitty hairs.
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Anonymous 2016-05-22 23:11:12 Post No.2127922
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Anonymous 2016-05-22 23:11:12 Post No.2127922 [Report]
>>2126780

JESUS FUCK THAT BUGS HUGE
LOOK AT IT JUST RESTING ON THE MOON
oh wait, false alarm
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Anonymous 2016-05-22 23:16:04 Post No.2127924
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Anonymous 2016-05-22 23:16:04 Post No.2127924 [Report]
>>2126814
>pests

They're really not that bad. A small subset cause issues.
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