Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's wet, cold weather is revealing springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The ...

These tiny black bugs in the snow are harmless!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter.

Have you noticed a smattering of dark spots on your snow piles this winter? Though it look like dirt, you may also be encountering some visiting springtails, or "snow fleas" as they are often called.

Snowy conditions and cold weather could reveal springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned ...

WHITE CLOUD, Mich. — A White Cloud area family has had their backyard overrun by thousands upon thousands of little bugs called Springtail Fleas. You could also see these bugs for the next few weeks.

While they may be mistaken for fleas, springtails are small, harmless organisms that (fortunately) don’t bite, sting, or transmit disease. They also do no damage to food, clothing, furniture, or ...

Snow fleas are taking over Vermont. At least it feels that way when the bugs congregate in the white powder. A Facebook user in the "I grew up in Vermont!" group posted a less-than-15 second clip of ...

For snow fleas during much of the year it's a relatively uneventful scene down at ground level. Like other springtails, snow fleas spend most of their time feeding on soil bacteria, fungi, algae, ...

Springtails are about the size of a pinhead, but they can control their jumps like seasoned acrobats. By Oliver Whang Among the wonders of the natural world that few people have ever noticed: a ...

Michigan's wet, cold weather is revealing springtails, ancient arthropods typically found on snow piles during the winter. The tiny "bugs" are known for their haphazard jumping, which has earned them ...