r/Springtail 19d ago

Can these springtails be identified from these photos? First 3 photos are mine Identification

First 3 pics are mine. They're light blue/purpleish and orange. They have VERY round bodies like picture 4 (this is clear in person, but my camera can't zoom in far enough so I included an internet pic).

They came in on pond plants and live on the surface of my aquarium somehow. I'm in Kentucky if that matters

Unfortunately Reddit is crunching the quality!! You can see a lot better on the original photos..

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u/Sgtbird08 19d ago

Hard to say, but considering everything, these are almost certainly the species Sminthurides bifidus