#4862 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Cosmopolitan Springtail

Entomobrya nivalis

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pete Lypkie · CC BY 4.0
3. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
4. © simondenis142857 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
7. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Matt Goff · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Matt Schultz · CC0

what is it?

Entomobrya nivalis , the cosmopolitan springtail , is a species of slender springtails in the family Entomobryidae.

base stats

NL sightings 110iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,787iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 110 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #16 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
4,787 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).