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Old 02-10-2010, 12:02 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Millions of microbugs on wet deck

willshak said:


These were on my deck today after a rain. Each bug/insect is about 1 mm
in length. Using every magnifying lens available in the house, they
appear to be flea like, with two antennas and 6 legs.They seem to like
to huddle, but others move swim-like through the water, and others
spring to new locations. Those are 6" wide decking boards.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2349/dscn0227u.jpg
This is only one section of the deck, they were on other sections, but
those pics didn't come out as well.

Springtails.

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