#4912 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Water Springtail
🇳🇱 Zwarte waterspringstaart ·Podura aquatica
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Shoreview, MN 55126, USA
📍 Greater Poland, PL
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, Canada
📍 Moara Vlăsiei, Romania
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Philippe Garcelon · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Philippe Garcelon · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Philippe Garcelon · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Pete Lypkie · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © ariellopezpics · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Shoreview, MN 55126, USA:© ariellopezpics · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Greater Poland, PL:© Michał Górski · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, Canada:© Ben Armstrong · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Moara Vlăsiei, Romania:© Nora De Angelli · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The water springtail ( Podura aquatica ) is a species of springtail, one of only four described species in the family Poduridae . It is an abundant species with a Holarctic distribution.
base stats
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 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,351 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Water Springtail
- Nederlands
- Zwarte waterspringstaart
- scientific name
- Podura aquatica
- class
- Entognatha
- order
- Poduromorpha
- family
- Poduridae
- sightings in NL
- 13
- sightings in Europe
- 489
- sightings worldwide
- 1,351
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,530
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 207912, Wikidata Q545813, GBIF 2122146, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.