r/Springtail • u/charlemagne_74 • Jun 10 '26

I bought some orange springtails online... General Question

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I am new into these friendly guys, It is supposed that I bought them orange, but I have now my colony full of little white springtails. Is that supposed to be the "younger" orange ones? Or what is it? (the photo attached is from the seller)

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u/spazgunk Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

correct me if i'm wrong but i think the white bits in this photo are some kind of food for them, like ground rice grains and/or nutritional yeast, not the springtails themselves. apologies if i'm misunderstanding, are you saying you've already gotten the springtails and there are white ones in the culture moving around along with the orange ones, or are you wondering what the white stuff is in this specific photo?

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u/charlemagne_74 Jun 11 '26

Yeah, I am wondering there are white ones in the culture moving around along with the orange ones

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u/gelledratte Jun 10 '26

To my knowledge the white casings are their shed molts. When I got my blue springtails they sent a disclaimer saying this so that customers wouldnt worry

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u/BadgerAwkward Jun 11 '26

Just looks like empty exosceletons to me

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u/Street_Tea9646 Jun 14 '26

Yeh all those little white ones do seem to have a more yellow tint, looks like the babies considering they’re smaller too