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springtails (noun) - tiny, primitive, wingless insects that are typically found in damp soil or leaf litter. They are known for their remarkable jumping ability using a forked furcula located on the abdomen
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Springtails are commonly recognized microarthropods edaphic environments.
There are also lots of springtails in the caves.
Springtails are a very ancient group of animals.
No need to consider photographing springtails without a minimum of equipment.
Springtails are not supposed to live in humans.
This superfamily contains very characteristic species of springtails.
Springtails are almost absent in ancient literature.
It probably feeds on springtails that are abundant in moss mats.
Springtails lack wings but do have the ability to jump.
Hypogastruridae is a family of springtails.
It is unclear whether springtails in soil are on balance beneficial to crops or disadvantageous.
Cryptopygus is a genus of springtails.
Springtails are active year round.
I call these springtails.
Springtails lose water through the surface of their body.
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Theory of modularity limiting disturbance effects found to be sound using springtails.
Young plants eat springtails while larger plants eat flies.
Each term included in this scheme characterizes a customary habitat for springtails.
Neem oil can get rid of the springtails in your home.
Springtails were tested to see how they react to the odour of geosmin.
Generally when the plants are small they need to gorge on springtails to do well.
Springtails have always a ventral tube located under the first abdominal segment.
It hosts a particular fauna adapted to live without solar radiation spiders and springtails.
The springtails we find flinging themselves across the snow are usually blue in color.
Another laboratory experiment used red clover plants that were put in contact with springtails.
The adult springtails must live in areas with high levels of humidity and moisture.
Soil pollution by high concentrations of metals can reduce the abundance and diversity of springtails.
Springtails are land micro arthropods that present huge diversity among the members of edaphic fauna.
Mitchellania is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
Springtails are attested to since the Early Devonian.
Megalothorax is a genus of springtails in the family Neelidae.
Most springtails are scavengers, feeding on decaying organic matter, algae or fungi.
Typhlogastrura is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
Springtails are known for springing away from danger using tail-like appendages.
Schaefferia is a genus of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
The food sources consists mainly of arthropods, especially insect larvae and springtails.
All these factors that alter springtails communities are also harmful to other soil invertebrate groups.
But it remains unclear why high-density spiders lose their appetite for springtails.
Sminthuridae is a family of springtails of the order Symphypleona.
Springtails uses them to move, but also for other operations such as the toilet.
Ceratophysella gibbosa is a species of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
But even springtails can succumb in harsh Antarctic conditions.
Hypogastrura manubrialis is a species of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
If you find springtails in the bathroom, first look under the sink.
Heteromurus nitidus is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae.
Springtails moult throughout their life and in this species, feeding and reproductive instars alternate.
Xenylla grisea is a species of springtails in the family Hypogastruridae.
Take a closer look, however, and you will find that snow fleas look similar to other springtails.
Xenylla is a genus of springtails and allies in the family Hypogastruridae.
Up to 17 mm in length, they are the largest springtails in the world.
