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https://inaturalist.org Observation of the Day for May 5, 2026: Garden Springtail [Animalia], by user: shmugrizzle
[via @inatrepostbot]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356872446
Northampton County, PA, USA
2026-04-30T02:17:00-04:00
Credit: (c) shmugrizzle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
See more: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/inat-observation-of-the-day
#inaturalist #inaturalistorg #citizenscience #gardenspringtail #bourletiellahortensis #northamptoncounty #pa #usa #animalia #animals #arthropods #hexapods #entognathans #springtails #globularspringtails

Plazi Species 5d ago

#NewSpecies!
New springtail from #china just sprang in:

Anurida huangxiei

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD747B-FFFE-FFEC-FF6A-9FF9FCF0175C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.8
#Zootaxa #AnuridaHuangxiei

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #collembola #springtails

Sunguramy

Apr 28

So Smol!
This is a globular springtail, cave adapted, in Pygmarrhopalites but don't ask for species because I have no clue! But it *is* a lot of fun to say! I'll try to spell it out for you..."pig-mawf-fah-light-ees" uhm that's about the best I got, Give it a whirl! No accuracy promises implied :P

#springtail #springtails #Soil #ecology #invertebrates #Collembola

neville park Mar 31

Springtail on a snail. Springsnail

#bugstodon #springtails #Collembola

Khürt Williams Mar 17

Moss Terrarium – Initial Build

I built a moss terrarium to survive a New Jersey winter — but between FedEx delays, frozen fingers, and springtail paste, it finished just as spring arrived.

https://islandinthenet.com/moss-terrarium-initial-build/

Sabine Mar 10

Adding to my Snowflea aka Springtail photos from yesterday: if you look closely you can see a few of them in mid air above the snow ridge. They use a spring-loaded lever on their bodies to catapult them into the air to a height of about 100 times their body length (1mm).
Also, they have an antifreeze protein in their body, thus can be active in the snow.
Fascinating tiny creatures.

#wildlife #springtails #nature