I've never seen a springtail that looked quite like that. From Wordnik.com. [Springtail before it sprung away] Reference
A glacier species of particular note is the glacier flea Isotoma saltans, a species of springtail. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
I saw this little springtail—barely a millimeter long—sitting on a mushroom on a rotting trunk in the woods last weekend. From Wordnik.com. [Springtail before it sprung away] Reference
She felt bugs crawling under her skin, and one day, she said, she pulled a worm out of her eyeball and coughed up a springtail fly. From Wordnik.com. [Whatever Happened To ... the mysterious disease known as Morgellons] Reference
He said the island was home to 16 springtail species, five of which were invaders thought to have been introduced following the establishment of the South African scientific station on the island in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
While conducting ecological inventories of 30 caves on the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona, research by Wynne and Voyles has resulted in the discovery of at least 10 new species, including a new species of spider, a new genus of cave cricket (Family Rhaphidophoridae), possibly two new cricket species, a new barklouse (Psocoptera) species, a new beetle species, and possibly two new springtail species (Collembola). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
And there was a springtail, too; a different kind, one I haven't seen before. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)] Reference
This means that to begin with, the Western Cape springtail species must be characterised. From Wordnik.com. [Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails] Reference
And the snow flea (Hypogastrura nivicola) could very well be the most numerous of all the springtail species on Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Adirondack Daily Enterprise] Reference
Cryptopygus antarcticus, springtail False color, scanning electron-micrograph, of the Antarctic springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus. From Wordnik.com. [New from the CCSP's Participating Agencies] Reference
Stellenbosch University, to study how these springtail species respond to rises in temperature and drought, two important elements of climate change. From Wordnik.com. [Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails] Reference
The Huntingdon County Cave Hunters contends the environmental assessment has ignored the destruction of the small-footed bat and the springtail in the area. From Wordnik.com. [The Altoona Mirror] Reference
When I questioned them about that, they said that venomous snakes follow pheromones like insects do, which is even more ridiculous than the springtail statement. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
'giant' springtail at Tallaganda in the Great Dividing Range of south-east Australia. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"We have already found lots of springtail diversity," confirms the professor, "species which by and large were unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails] Reference
"Our studies show that the alien springtail species we have studied cope better and better as temperatures climb from 5°C to 20°C. From Wordnik.com. [Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails] Reference
She thinks that it is a springtail. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for What's That Bug?] Reference
And yes, I found a globular springtail. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
Labels: art, babysitting, flowers, fruit trees, globular springtail, spring, springtails. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
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