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Springtails
Temporal range: early Devonian
to present
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Orchesella cincta
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Collembola

Lubbock, 1870

Springtails (Collembola) are six-legged arthropods. They used to be thought of as proto-insects, but now they are not regarded as insects. They do not have wings.

They live in the soil, and eat fungal hyphae, spores, pollen and other organic material. They need moist soils, and have been known to damage crops.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Colémbolos para niños

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