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Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania

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The Insect Orders
- Orders A-M
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The Pseudo Insects
- Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
- Class Collembola (Springtails)

Family Gerridae (Pond Skaters, Water Striders)

Rheumatometra philarete

Forth River, Gunns Plains

Late December 2008

Rheumatometra sp
Early January 2016
Dip Falls

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Tasmania: Australia’s Island State

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

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