Dive into the mysterious world of the ground animals. Why this world is so mysterious? On the one hand, most of the ground animals are not on the surface during the day, they are mostly very small and often not even a millimetre in size, ground animals hardly play a role in books, nature documentaries and at school, there is little literature on the individual animal groups that is generally understandable, and in fact, we do not know much about the complex and diverse world under our feet.

At EDAPHOKEYS everything is about the little crawlers. We want to introduce the different groups of animals with understandable and illustrated texts. For the millipedes, centipedes and woodlice we have already created extensive portraits of the animal groups. For the other animal groups general texts are already in preparation.

To EXPERIENCE is not only to be interested or fascinated, but also to have the necessary knowledge how and where to find these animals best – RECORD. The beauty and diversity of the individual animal groups and species can be best discovered by looking at the animals more closely and determining them – IDENTIFICATION. You can then send the found and determined species to the portal together with information about the place where they were found, their coordinates and if necessary photos. Hereby you make a contribution to EXPLORE soil animals.

Here you can EXPERIENCE the following ground animals:

Soil animals

Millipedes (Diplopoda)

Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Woodlice (Isopoda)