Aggregation is an important aspect of collembolan biology, and A. maritima has been shown to produce an aggregating pheromone.

Many collembolan species, mostly those living in deeper soil horizons, are parthenogenetic, which favours reproduction to the detriment of genetic diversity and thereby to population tolerance of environmental hazards.

EPNs have not had an adverse effect on mite and collembolan populations (Georgis et al. 1991), yet there is strong evidence that they affect the species diversity of other nematodes.

They can be best distinguished from the other springtail groups by their body shape.

The second springtail fled at once, screeching with grief and terror.

Tomocerus minor is species of springtail in the family Tomoceridae.

He heard the roar of a warrior and the springtail's choked-off screech.

Aackia is a genus of springtail from the Isotomidae family.

Even a springtail drifting on the surface tension layer of water often can jump successfully.

The springtail will have spread your scent by mouth-touching in the subsidiary chamber, ahead of us.

Fruit bodies are consumed by the springtail species Ceratophysella denisana.

A tiny wingless springtail also swarms on snow around the world, even in Antarctica.

Snow fleas are a species of dark blue springtail, Hypogastrura nivicola.

Nick Baker unlocks the springtail's secrets with a pooter and a high speed camera.

He leapt upward after the springtail.

He suspected that Mirny, or whatever was left of her, was somewhere in the tunnel where the springtail had been killed.

Orchesella cincta is a species of springtail present in North America and Europe.

Allacma fusca is a species of springtail.

Homidia pentachaeta is a species of soil-dwelling springtail belonging to the family Entomobryidae.

A contender for unipedal movement is the springtail, which has six legs and is typically hexapedal.

For the springtail genus invalidly described by Folsom in 1932, see Isotomiella.

Who Will Use the Springtail?

This small globular springtail (up to 1.4 mm in length) is yellow, usually, though not always, with variable reddish-brown markings on its back.

It is held under tension by a small structure called the retinaculum and when released, snaps against the substrate, flinging the springtail into the air.

The horizontal distribution of springtail species is affected by environmental factors which act at the landscape scale, such as soil acidity, moisture and light.

The springtail Folsomia candida is also becoming a genomic model organism for soil toxicology.

The endemic arthropod species include a caddis fly, spider Xysticus alpicola and a springtail.

When the retinaculum releases the furcula, it springs open and hits the substrate, propelling the springtail into the air.