These tiny creatures are attracted to moisture.

Step right up to see tiny springtails spin through the air with the greatest of ease! In ponds and streams, they skyrocket out of the reach of hungry insects like water striders by slapping a ...

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This month, researchers in Japan have announced the discovery of four new species of springtails, insect-like bugs that jump away from danger with their tails. Reading time 2 minutes Scientists in ...

These tiny black bugs are springtails, known colloquially as snow fleas and scientifically as Collembola, according to ...