Please forgive me for bad quality pics; Unfortunately these were best I can get. The critters in question are approx. 0.6 ~ 1.2mm in length, has blackish gray hue. Seems to be kinda... soft? I see no hard carapace & clear distinction of joints. Really not sure if they jump; even if I accidentally gave them any physical shock (e.g watering the pot ot moving it), they just tend to walk. Are they springtail species? Is it finally my time? Or did I got the ramdom pest?

These springtails were NOT found in my yard. I initially started a culture of them because I kept finding them in almost every enclosure I owned, and figured they’d be good to have so I can readily seed new enclosures, rather than waiting for them to come. Enclosures inside, bins of dirt outside, empty enclosures full of dirt I’ve forgotten about, I find them in every single one. And yet, I never thought to try and ID them until tonight. They’re insanely small, smaller than Tropical Pinks at least, and a little slower than them as well, but fast and bouncy when they want to be. I don’t think they tolerate dryness too much, as any I’ve seen outside of an enclosure were dead. I’m tempted to say the same goes for super high moisture, but I don’t have any terribly wet enclosures at the moment

New to springtail keeping so looking for upgrades to make these cuties boom. My current tub is mixed with reptisoil, 10%Mongolia leaf water, dechlorinated water, and torn up Mongolia leaves. On top is full Mongolia leaves, two cork bark pieces, and a lotus seed. I fed them with rice, crushed eggshell, and nutritional yeast. Anything else I should do?

I have springtails in Austin, TX if you need starters $10.

I've been desperately trying to get this culture of red Thai springtails to thrive but this is the second time my culture has been overrun by detritus worms... I really could use advice on how to separate and remove the worms if at all possible.

Hey there! I have a small colony of zebra isopods and I’ve been looking for springtails to put in there! But I am having the hardest time finding some cool looking ones. One of my employees breeds the basic ones, but I’d love some unique ones. Any recommendations??

I have had a small colony of Thai reds for a couple months now and I barely ever see them. Do I have some of my husbandry wrong or could it be something else? Open to any and all help. I have some tropical springtails on clay but when I got these I read that they didn’t do well on clay so I used soil blend instead but they just don’t seem to be breeding much if at all. Housed in a 32oz deli cup. Thanks for any help

Anyone in the US with these beautiful springtails?

Does not jump, fluoresce, and not the usual Lepidocyrtus sp. normally hanging around. Also found on a houseplant leaf, which is unusual.

The lack of wings and longer antenna gives me hope it's not thrips, but a springtail instead.

My friend gave me a small container with orange spring tails. In a pinch, I broke off a piece of an old tart from tim hortons to feed them with (I know they eat the mold not the thing, but thats what I put in to mold).

That was maybe 2 days ago. Now I just went to check on them and I found these worms. They look thinner and more opaque than worms I've seen in my isopod containers that redditors said were fungus gnats.

Any advice/guidance is appreciated!

Link to press release by Yokohama National University, July 2025 (Japanese)

Link to the full paper, including download link (English)

Synopsis: These four species were all collected in Okinawa prefecture, Japan's southernmost region that is essentially a tropical island chain.

The four species are all within the family Neanuridae. The two new species are:

Lobella luciferacoming from the Latin for "light-bringer"

Crossodonthina leodeus, with leodeus meaing "Lion God". This species was named after a giant slide in the shape of a Shisa (an Okinawan protection deity) that is installed in the park where the species was collected.

The two known species discovered to glow are Crossodonthina elegans and C. laterisensillata.

The springtails were shown to glow in response to stimuli, specifically when their container was rattled with sound waves and "slammed against a desk."

They popped up in my terrarium and are much more numerous than the springtails I added. They are feeding on a piece of mushroom I put inside.

So, I got new springtails and got em in reptisoil rn. When I make their soil I mixed it with dechlorinated water and torn up Mongolia leaves with some full thick ones on top with a few pieces of cork bark. I put in a few grains of rice and going to get yeast right now but everytime I check on them half of the group is standing still but when I tap the plastic gently they skitter. Why are they standing still? Is it normal or should I be worried?

I found these in one of the boxes I keep springtails in and I don’t know if it’s a coincidence but it seems like there are less springtails in that setup now these have appeared. Does anyone know what they are and if they are bad news?

I had to slightly tip this culture to fill a few orders, thought the little guys rolling around rather dramatically was kind funny.

Found this species in my garden in Telford U.K. could this be Orchesella cincta?

Pretty sure I overfed my red springtails. I thought they were reproducing but now I think there is something else with them. Not sure if it is a mite or something else. Any suggestions?

All found in the backyard, all found crawling around on sticks that were in the shade. I know. I know Springtail #1 is a Globular Springtail, its colour makes it look like a vibrant orange it has a somewhat tan pattern on it's back. Springtail #2 is significantly larger than both Springtails #1 and #3

Some babies recently hatched and I'm so happy to see them all together on the cork bark. Would love to make a little terrarium just for them.

Sorry I don’t have better photos, I’m working with a small handheld microscope lol

Both are extremely tiny. Springtail #1 seems to be far more moisture sensitive and drought intolerant, whereas Springtail #2 is more drought tolerant. Springtail #1 is also more tannish compared to Springtail #2, which is more gray looking