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These are from a moss culture I found laying around. They originally looked like mites (biggest individuals ~.5mm), but upon recording seemed to be entognathans. I was going to leave it at that, but upon seeing one hop, I decided to check collembolans. Neelidae stood out, and based on distribution (I'm in NYC) and the large antennae, I think this species would make the most sense. I'd like to hear what some people more experienced with Collembola think. I plan to try culturing them, albeit the container I found them in clearly has shown to be doing that already. A certain species of mite is visible living with them too.

I know the general collection site, and roughly when I obtained them, but they are technically captive bred, so I'm leaving it at Casual for now.

Underneath a log. The only individual noted.

Habitat: Closed canopy, secondary hardwood forest. Canopy dominated by Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera). This area was an apple orchard until the late 1960's-early 70's.