They’re as large as a Camponotus queen!
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Posted April 11 2020 - 12:07 PM
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
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Posted April 11 2020 - 12:10 PM
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Posted April 11 2020 - 12:12 PM
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They can’t jump.
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
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Posted April 11 2020 - 12:14 PM
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I'm suddenly not interested in them anymore.
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Posted April 11 2020 - 12:39 PM
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Wow so cool. I love the vibrant colors on the exterior nodules
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Posted April 11 2020 - 2:05 PM
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So amazing! Sounds like they’re on trouble, though. They only live in mature forest in New Zealand.
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Posted April 11 2020 - 8:12 PM
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New Zealand has the highest springtail diversity in the world, as far as I know, combined with New Caldonia, which also has a fair share of bizzare isopods. The inability to jump is common in such large poduromorpha. The jumping organ, the furca, is absent or reduced. I myself have 2-3 species unable to jump. Extremely large poduromorphs are actually quite common in New Zealand and Caldonia, although none get quite as big as these. Large entomobryomorphs, meanwhile, can jump 1/3 of a foot from an elevated position. This makes them super hard to catch, and aggravate me to the extreme.
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Posted April 12 2020 - 10:02 AM
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Ants would feast on these guys.
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Posted April 12 2020 - 10:03 AM
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Please don't feed these to your ants, they're good pets on their own. Very few people appreciate springtails for what they are. 
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Posted April 12 2020 - 11:08 AM
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I prefer isopods myself, but if springtails were a little bigger and easier to catch..........
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
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Posted May 6 2020 - 1:40 PM
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I prefer isopods myself, but if springtails were a little bigger and easier to catch..........
Just use aspirator, lol.
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Posted May 6 2020 - 2:13 PM
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springrtails are the target practice of ant stingers.
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Posted May 6 2020 - 7:00 PM
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That is so cool! Thanks for sharing that!
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