The commonest collembola are the lightly pigmented troglophiles Heteromurus nitidus; the white troglobite Pseudosinella dobati also inhabits the cave.
springtail | Springtail |
Cryptopygus antarcticus, the Antarctic springtail, an arthropod species native to Antarctica and Australia
The insect life found within the cave is fairly typical of caves on the Mendip Hills, including a number of troglophiles and troglobites such as the freshwater shrimp (niphargus fontanus) and the springtail (onychiurus schoetti).
Orchesella leucocephala, Stach, 1923, a springtail species in the genus Orchesella
This original description covered both a mite and a springtail, collected from garden soil, flower pots and rotting leaves at an undisclosed location in the Austrian Empire, and provided too little information for the mite to be confidently assigned to any family.