Tag: Springtail

  • 121/150: A tale of springtails

    121/150: A tale of springtails

    Animalia: Arthropoda: Collembola: Entomobryomorpha: Entomobryidae: Entomobrya: Entomobrya gisini (Christiansen, 1958) Slender springtails are tiny, abundant organisms that are less than 1 cm long. There can be thousands of springtails within a square meter of soil. They live in damp habitats and can be found in soil, leaf litter, rotting logs, and sometimes you may see…

  • 16/150: What’s your mating strategy?

    16/150: What’s your mating strategy?

    Animalia: Arthropoda: Collembola: Symphypleona: Sminthuridae: Allacma: Allacma fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) Allacma fusca is a species of globular springtail (Collembola) originally found in western continental Europe and the British Isles. Most globular springtails have a unique and rather strange mating ritual compared to their plump springtail and slender springtail relatives.

  • 7/150: In the dead of Winter snow fleas emerge

    7/150: In the dead of Winter snow fleas emerge

    animalia: Arthropoda: Collembola: Poduromorpha: Hypogastruridae: Hypogastrura: Hypogastrura tooliki (Fjellberg, 1985) Hypogastrura tooliki (Toolik Snow Flea) is part of a group of animals known as snow fleas. These tiny creatures are not fleas at all, they are Collembola or springtails.