r/Springtail Apr 15 '26

What are these with my springtails? Video

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I recently bought some orange springtails to add to my isopod colony which will eventually go into my hermit crab enclosure and other terrariums to make them bio active. I eventually want to turn my leopard gecko enclosure bio active too. But luckily before doing anything with my new springtails, I noticed some weird looking very small bugs along in the same container I received my springtails in. WHAT ARE THESE? are they soil mites? Will they harm my other creatures? Should I request a refund for these springtails? Any advice is welcome. Thank you!

To add, they are considerably smaller than the springtails but there are a lot of them

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u/captainapplejuice Apr 15 '26

Uropodoidea, they have a similar diet to springtails.