They're a little hard to see in your pics, but I think they may be
collembolans, or springtails . . . also called Snow Fleas when found on snow
in the winter. They are often found floating on water, and may be found in
congregations at times:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/parainsecta.html
You folks have been great at bird, herp, and insect song IDs,
but I'm wondering what this December hatching is. I noticed
it from it's lavender color and thought they were seeds at
first, but when the specs squirmed and jumped off my fingers
I thought was really puzzled, especially this late in the
Illinois autumn. I shot yesterday through a loupe, and there
were still some left today, so I grabbed a 35mm lens and shot
some vid clips through it backwards (optically, not in time).
Anyone have any idea what they are? I fear they're termites.
http://feldman.gidnoy.com/photos/lavender_hatchlings.jpg
http://feldman.gidnoy.com/movies/Purple_bugs.mov
Sorry, there's no audio of interest here.
-- Mike
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Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
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