Author: Blueford

Actinomycetes

Thermophilic and
mesophilic
Produce earthy smell
Gram positive bacteria
1st level consumer

Springtail

Arthropoda –Collembola
1st level consumer
Jump
Moist environments

Arthropoda –Insect
Cool composting
Wood breakdown
Termites:1st level
Fomicid Ants: 3rd level consumer

Ants and termites

Bacteria

Bacteria
Thermophilic, mesophilic, cool
1st level consumer

Flies

Arthropoda-Insecta
Maggots in mesophilic phase that did not go through thermophic
Fruit flies, fungus gnats, house flies
1st level consumer

House fly

Fruit fly

Protozoa

Includes many cool, mesophilic, thermophilic microbes
Rotifer small but not protozoa
2nd level consumer

Rotifer

Fungi (mold, mildew)

Microscopic Fungi
Cool, mesophilic, thermophilic
1st level consumer

Beetles

Arthropoda-Insecta
Mesophilic to cool
Feed on fungal spores, and other smaller invertebrates
3rd level consumer

Feathery winged

Ground

Rove

Pseudoscorpion

Arthropoda –arachnid
3rd level consumer
Overwinter in silken cocoons

Arthropoda –Myriapoda
Millipedes—2 pairs legs per segment
Centipedes—1 leg per segment
Centipede 3rd level Millipede 1st level consumer

Millipedes, Centipedes

Sow Bug

Arthropoda-Isopoda
Mesophilic
Ten pair of legs
First level consumer

Mites

Arthropoda -Arachnids
8 legs
1st through 3rd level consumer

Annelid
Cool composting
Digest organic matter
Produce castings rich in N,Ca, Mg, P

Earthworms

Red Worms

Snails and Slugs

Gastropods
With and without shells
1st level consumer
Cool

Roundworms

Nematode
Slender, many
microscopic
1st and 2nd level consume

Flatworms

Flat , small
3rd level consumer