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Online Survey
Distribution of New Zealand Land Hoppers
(Arcitalitrus dorrieni)
in Ireland
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New Zealand Land Hoppers
Arcitalitrus dorrieni
About
Wildlife Biology 4th Year Project
Distribution of New Zealand Land Hoppers (Arcitalitrus dorrieni) in Ireland
Wildlife Biology 4th year student from IT Tralee, currently carrying a project to identify the distribution of New Zealand Land Hoopers (Arcitalitrus dorrieni) in Ireland. Arcitalitrus dorrieni is an alien species native to Australasia with the first sighting of species in wild in 1937 and there is no detailed information regards to its current distribution in Ireland. This is an online survey published to public to provide more information on the distribution pattern where the species is present in Ireland.
Get to Know Them
New Zealand Land Hoppers
(Arcitalitrus dorrieni)
Alien species native from Australasia.
Less than 10mm in size.
characteristically dark in colour.
The only terrestrial amphipods that live on damp/dry ground surface or under substrate.
Leaf litter decomposers.
Jump into air when disturbed.
Hide and disappear within seconds of exposure.
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Where to Find Them?
They are basically everywhere around us. They prefer to stay in places with damp soil and covered with leaf litters. They do not prefer places with arid condition or too wet. They may present in woodlands, parks, town, nursery, roadsides or even your garden backyard. They do not prefer grasslands, riverbanks and wet woodlands. Try to flip over substrate on ground or disturb the soil surface and you will find them crazily hopping around in the air.
Survey Form
What are you waiting for?
Gear up and let's get ready to discover more about this amazing creature!
This is the survey form used to record the location where New Zealand Land Hoppers are is present. Please click on the link below to download the survey form and please email the form to me once you complete.
*This survey requires grid reference coordinate to provide location so that the data can be displayed on map.
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*Please refer to the content below which shows the guide on using the Irish Grid Reference Finder website to provide coordinates for the location of sightings. Thank you.
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Complete the survey form by answering the questionnaires in the online survey form and press Done.
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I will send you an email once i received your online survey form.
Thank You.
Irish Grid Reference Finder
This survey require a grid reference on the locations where the land hoppers are present, in order to record data onto the map.
Irish Grid Reference Finder is a very useful website used to identify the coordinates of the location. The coordinates are written as 6 digits grid reference.
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Click on the link below to get access into the Irish Grid Reference Finder Website.
Land Hoppers and Springtails
Both species live on soil surface and hops into the air once disturbed, so please don't mix them up. They are different species.
Sometimes when you are looking for land hoppers, you might see some white tiny thing hopping into the air when you disturb the leaf litters. Take a closer look, they might not be land hoppers, instead they are the springtails (Collembola).
Two characteristics that defined the two species:
Land hoppers: Larger in size and typically darker in colour.
Springtails: smaller in size and is white in colour.
Types of Habitats
This content shows the type of habitats where the land hoppers may present. The habitats include woodlands, parklands, towns or roadsides, nursery, farms and garden.
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Please refer to the picture provided below to identify the difference between each habitat.
Woodland Ground Soil
Parklands
Town or Roadsides
Plant Nursery
Gardens
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Farms
Others
(Please provide further information)
