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Checklist of the Collembola: The Egg
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- collembola-org
- Last opened
- Oct 22, 2026
A page of the Checklist that gathers statements about eggs and names the paper each one comes from. The Folsomia candida incubation period is quoted there from Gao, Bu, Luan and Yin (2006).
How it was checked
Checked on Oct 22, 2026 by a web request. The registry returned: Checklist of the Collembola: Model of the Formation of the polar Caps of the Egg.
Where this source is used
Cited by 7 statements
Notes that apply across the site
- The simulator takes its breeding and survival pattern from one laboratory study of Folsomia candida at 21 °C70 °F. A female lays 1,011 eggs in her life. Her first batch comes 17.7 days after she hatches, and she lives about 118 days after that. An egg takes 8.5 days to hatch, inside the 7 to 10 days the Checklist gives. Every other species reuses this pattern, stretched or shrunk by its seller growth rating. (at The egg, incubation period)
The springtail life cycle
- A fresh Folsomia candida egg measures 0.110 to 0.126 mm across. The eggs of many springtail species fall between 0.12 and 0.20 mm. (at The egg, egg sizes)
- The shape, colour and shell of an egg differ from one springtail species to the next. Eggs of Desoria albella are glistening white, and eggs of Cryptopygus antarcticus are orange-red. (at The egg, colour and shape)
- The egg swells as the young develops inside. In Folsomia candida it grows from 0.110 to 0.126 mm when laid to 0.180 to 0.185 mm near hatching. Its shell splits and forms two caps, one at each end of the egg. (at The egg, Folsomia candida)
- A Folsomia candida egg hatches after about 7 to 10 days. (at The egg, incubation period)
- The Checklist gives a newly hatched Folsomia candida as about 0.35 mm long. It adds that newly hatched springtails are pale, though the eye patches are coloured in well pigmented species, and that the young stay still for a while before they start to move. (at The egg, newly hatched young)
- Egg laying follows the moults. In general a female lays eggs about every other moult, with an instar of feeding in between. (at The egg, egg production and moulting)