Translation for "springtail" to spanish

Springtail

• colémbolo

Translation examples

colémbolo

Some negative effects have been shown on springtails and Acarides. (Sweden 1982)
Se observaron algunos efectos negativos en colémbolos y ácaros. (Suecia 1982)

Some negative effects have been shown on springtails and Acarides. (Sweden)
Se observaron algunos efectos negativos en colémbolos y ácaros. (Suecia)

Totally at home amongst the glaciers of Everest, it scours the slopes for wind-borne prey such as springtails.
Totalmente adaptada a vivir en los glaciares del Everest recorre sus laderas en busca de presas atraídas por el viento como los colémbolos.

A female springtail is bigger than a male and she prefers a partner who can give her a sustained head-to-head push.
Una hembra colémbolo es más grande que su macho y ella prefiere parejas que puedan darle sostenidos empujones con la cabeza.

This minute little creature is a springtail. It's less than a half a millimetre long.
Esta diminuta criatura es un colémbolo, mide menos que la mitad de un milímetro.

To help them get around through the leaf litter, these springtails, as their name suggests, have a rather novel way of jumping.
Para lograr pasear por la hojarasca, estos colémbolos, como su nombre lo sugiere, tienen un modo particular de saltar.

A springtail grazes on detritus, unaware that it's being stalked by such an acrobatic predator.
Un colémbolo se alimenta de detritus inconsciente de que hay un acróbata depredador observándolo.

“They’re called springtails,” Erika Moll said.
—Las llaman colémbolos —contestó Erika—.

Springtails kept bouncing into the air as they moved along, disturbed by their footsteps.
Siguieron caminando, haciendo saltar los colémbolos cuando pasaban cerca de ellos.

As if on cue, the springtail flung itself off her hand, soaring into the air and out of sight beyond a fern.
—Tocó el colémbolo que sujetaba y la criatura saltó por el aire, perdiéndose de vista tras los helechos.