# \#springtail

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## [How Springtails Jump from Water's Surface](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-springtails-jump-from-waters-surface/2825)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [2 March 2023 17:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-springtails-jump-from-waters-surface/2825 "2023-03-02T17:35:35Z")

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Springtails (Collembola) are six-legged arthropods, but no longer considered insects since they have internal mouth parts. A fossil springtail, dated to 400 million years ago, is the oldest known example of…

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## [Springtails (Collembola) Jumping at 150,000 Frames per Second](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/springtails-collembola-jumping-at-150-000-frames-per-second/1319)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [6 May 2022 15:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/springtails-collembola-jumping-at-150-000-frames-per-second/1319 "2022-05-06T15:17:30Z")

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A globular springtail jumping from the ground takes 1.5 milliseconds to become airborne and accelerates upward at 798 metres/second², or 81 gravities. Interestingly, although they are six-legged arthropods…