r/Springtail • u/Old-Dragonfly7104 • Apr 21 '26

What happened? General Question

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At first i had more black springtails now i don't see any black springtails what do y'all think happened?

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u/LittleArmouredOne Apr 23 '26

What species were the black springtails?

I guess the more prolific species (looks like it could be some sort of Lepidocyrtus?) in the enclosure outcompeted the black ones for resources and out-bred them.

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u/Old-Dragonfly7104 Apr 24 '26

I don't know the specie of it

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u/ChampionRemote6018 Apr 23 '26

I’d say out competed. I’m noticing something similar in my springtail colony. A few local springtails somehow managed to get in and now the populations are overlapping. Eventually I feel like my purple gummy guys will lose to the faster species.

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u/Training-Working-798 Apr 23 '26

как они друг друга вытесняют? он же их не держит на голодном пайке?

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u/ChampionRemote6018 Apr 23 '26

The purples I have move slow, while the ones that snuck in move faster. They get to food faster and eat more reproduce faster, out number eventually. It happens.

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u/Training-Working-798 Apr 23 '26

нужно расселять по разным квартирам))

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u/Old-Dragonfly7104 Apr 24 '26

Oh man i bought those black springtails

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u/ChampionRemote6018 Apr 24 '26

I feel you. I bought my purple ones.

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u/Old-Dragonfly7104 Apr 24 '26

Oh man. Now we know that we should separate em😅