Seashore Springtails - Anurida maritima

These springtails are scavengers and will eat dead animals that they find in tide pools. Here they seemed to be feeding on a couple insects that found their way into the water.

Habitat: Found in a small pool in the intertidal zone during low tide

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Ferdy Christant

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Absolutely love it, instant classic! Posted 2 years ago
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  Thanks :) Posted 2 years ago

Calbost Niel

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Recycling at its best Posted 2 years ago
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  Definitely! The food web in action. Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago

The Seashore Springtail

''Anurida maritima'' is a cosmopolitan collembolan of the intertidal zone. It is often found in aggregations of up to several hundred on the surface of rock-pools.

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Similar species: Poduromorpha

Species identified by Christine Young