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Plataanspringstaart

Willowsia platani

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 in the Netherlands
Plataanspringstaart, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Willowsia platani is a species of slender springtail in the family Entomobryidae. It is found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 26iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 709iNaturalist 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 26 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the jellyfish, starfish, worms & co in NL.
  • 709 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Plataanspringstaart
scientific name
Willowsia platani
class
Entognatha
order
Entomobryomorpha
family
Entomobryidae
sightings in NL
26
sightings in Europe
440
sightings worldwide
709
GBIF records in NL
102
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Entomobryidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 874261, Wikidata Q10720208, GBIF 2120833, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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