Slender Springtail (Orchesella villosa)

19 March 2022

Entomobryomorpha are an order of elongate springtails with bodies that are typically long and slim.
March 2022
July 2014*

Springtails are Hexapods - they have six legs - but unlike insects they are soft bodied, lack wings and have internal mouth parts. Although springtails are unable to fly, they can spring themselves into the air using a special appendage called a furcula. They tend to be extremely small (usually less than 6mm) and are found in almost every habitat on Earth.

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