Globular Springtail

Description:

About 1.5mm long. Springtails are decomposers, feeding on decaying organic matter. They're generally found in damp habitats, where they can be incredibly numerous. Even so, they often go unnoticed due to their small size. Most species have a forked tail appendage (called the furcula) that is held beneath the abdomen, under tension. Releasing the furcula allows springtails to jump huge distances to escape predators.

Habitat:

Found under bark.

Notes:

European taxonomy considers this a separate species (Dicyrtomina saundersi), but American taxonomy places it as a color form of D. minuta. See BugGuide reference.