Garden Springtail

Bourletiella hortensis is a springtail of the family Bourletiellidae. The species common name is garden springtail. It feeds on moss and fungi.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Garden Springtail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Pseudobourletiella spinata
• Dicyrtoma hageni
• Sphaeridia pumilis
• Sminthurinus henshawi
• Dicyrtoma fusca
• Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Entognatha

Order

Symphypleona

Family

Bourletiellidae

Genus

Bourletiella

Species

Bourletiella hortensis

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