In addition to spider mites, mealybugs, or thrips, springtails also threaten plants. What do springtails look like? Springtails are insects most commonly found in pots and gardens. They are ...

Springtails can freak you out, rob you of your peace, and push you to abandon your house. Although tiny — among the smallest arthropods on Earth — don't underestimate their ability to make ...

Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas (Germany) carefully rolls over a log in his local forest to see fruiting bodies of slime mould and a tiny springtail. Alexis had to work fast to take this photograph, as ...