Let It Snow

As expected, it snowed today:

Unexpectedly, though, the snow was covered with springtails:

 And not just in one spot. We went for a walk in the woods, and they were all over. Not in huge piles and masses, but spread out like this.

Even more unexpected:

 Some of them seemed to be overcome by the cold of the snow. A lot of them, actually. I saw some of them springing around, but a lot of them were sort of keeled over. These, by the way, are not the species of springtails that are called snow fleas.

These are:

I didn't see these on the snow, though. They were on a rock.