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So you choose…
DEATH!
Also we need to stop before we take over this entire thread. Maybe start a new one?
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yeah… I’ll make a new thread, I’m having way too much fun for this
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Lol, me too.Who knew 2 dudes on the internet fighting with jumping spiders was so fun?
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Thank you for respecting the request from moderators in other photo heavy topics to please refrain from photo heavy topic runs.
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But as to whether they are “unexpectedly cute,” well…
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Well the spiders are pretty adorable, depending on who you ask. As for relevance…yeah. Not really.
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Saw a couple of black dots on the stones by my house, so using my magnifying loupe and handheld microscope I decided to check them out. Was not expecting the cuteness of these globular springtails 
The one with white spots actually has very few observations… 13 more and I would be the top observer 
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I think there is some uncertainty about how to distinguish Sminthurinus bimaculatus, trinotatus and quadrimaculatus (in spite of the names, it isn’t about the number of spots) so many observations get left at genus.
They are cute little things, though, whichever the species. I have some that periodically appear in my balcony flowerpots.
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