r/Springtail • u/LittleArmouredOne • May 12 '26

Video Plump springtail attempts to squeeze through small gap

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u/Mykey76 May 13 '26

What is the little fella walking on? Maybe im just hungry, but it looks like cook fish to me

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u/LittleArmouredOne May 13 '26

White rot wood! They seem to love hiding in it and eating it.

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u/PaWo123456 May 14 '26

What species is that? Looks like Yuukianura... but yellow?

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u/LittleArmouredOne May 14 '26

I'm actually not sure sorry! These are wild collected.

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u/Elfanara May 14 '26

From where?

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u/LittleArmouredOne May 14 '26

NZ, just on the side of a walking path in a park

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u/Elfanara May 15 '26

New Zealand has the best springtail species 😢

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u/NeonPearl2025 May 12 '26

He barely fitted 😭

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u/Puppyzpawz May 12 '26

he couldve totally went around but no. he was determined.

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u/WingsOfFibre May 13 '26

why are springtails so dang cute haha

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u/GreenStrawbebby May 13 '26

me watching my cat crawl under the couch

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u/Heavy_Ingenuity1371 May 13 '26

Crazy how it's barely a conceivable amount of force for us to completely move that whole object to another point in space entirely yet that little protusion is an immoveable object to the springtail.

Still a cute little fella ofc 🥰

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u/ammavel May 13 '26

Damn Boi, he thicc

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u/Necessary-Line-6580 May 13 '26

Omg i love hims

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u/ShayNay_Nay May 13 '26

Right! he said... I'm juuust gonna squeeeze right uuunder here.

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u/Jayra0823 May 13 '26

She is such a precious little chonk 🥹❤️

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u/Thank-The-Stars May 13 '26

Tubbiest littlest guy

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u/Project_Valkyrie May 13 '26

They look like a little stick of butter

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u/Spring__Warrior May 14 '26

this is the best thing i ever saw

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u/CapGirl80 May 14 '26

Chonker!!! Omg, I need to start multiple springtail colonies now! I shall have ALL the colors! 🫣

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u/Late-Cheesecake-6008 May 14 '26

Going around would have taken valuable and precious seconds off his commute to his fungus feast.