New research found that semiaquatic springtails use their ventral tube or collophore to hold a droplet of water during their springloaded jumps. This droplet aids in their midair positioning and landing, sticking them back to the water surface.

Check out the original research paper here: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211283119
https://research.gatech.edu/secretsk...

Thanks to the Bhamla Lab at Georgia Tech: https://bhamla.gatech.edu/
and to the first author of this research Dr. Victor OrtegaJimenez at University of Maine: https://sbe.umaine.edu/victorortega...

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