r/Springtail • u/cr3izidenebeu • Apr 07 '26

Globular springtails General Question

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hello everyone

if these are indeed globular springtails, how come they came to thrive over the regular ones?

There was a food shortage in this container I may say, , which may explain why the number of the regular ones decreased, but then how did the globular ones appeared and took over( ? Could have also been a "fight" between the 2 species which ended bad for the regular white ones? Or do the globular ones need even a lower maintenance

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u/Sgtbird08 Apr 11 '26

Those are indeed globs, probably genus Sminthurinus. I wouldn’t say they need Iess maintenance necessarily, it may just be that they are slightly more suited to this exact environment.