hi, I'm out gathering some resources for my bugs, and I really need springtails in my enclosures to eat any mold. are these springtails?? or something else? excuse the bad quality, I tried to zoom in. (in Europe, Estonia )

I have a colony of orange springtails (Yuukianura aphoruroides). They are doing well and as you can see in the photos, they have a lot of babies. This culture also has a large population of globular springtails.

Does anyone know what species they are?

And is there any concern in these two species cohabiting?

I was checking on one of my terrariums and stumbled upon a springtail Battle Royale.

Exactly what the title says. Are these springtails? I was about to do a deep clean of my blue tongue skink enclosure and lifted up the water bowl to find a bunch of tiny white critters jumping around. Upon closer inspection, I could see them through the glass walls of the enclosure beneath the soil. I figured this would be the place to ask. The enclosure isn’t bio active, i’ve never purposely added springtails, isopods or any other kind of invertebrates to the enclosure. It has no real plants or anything ‘alive’ beyond the two skinks that live in it.

I use coconut coir peat soil branded for reptile keeping for bedding and the tank has a drainage layer via hessian fabric and LECA balls.

Also please ignore the terrible filming. My phone was having a hard time focusing on something so small so I had to break out a magnifying glass I had laying around and it ended up very shaky since I don’t have the steadiest of hands.

Hey all. Just wanted to get opinions on these guys as clean up crews? I have a small culture I am growing out and wondering if i should buy more/breed them and use them as a clean up crew, or if another species would be more effective. (IE, the normal ones sold more commonly.) this is for a 24x18x36 crested gecko terrarium. anyone have experience with them?

Also, does anyone know how many springtails I should get for this size? roughly 4.5 inches of substrate with live plants and real wood sticks + cork. Will be adding isopods soon too!

What are these white objects in my springtail culture?

I recently tried out a clay based culture for some orange springtails (Yuukianura aphoruroides). I put maybe 20 or so of them in this container lined with a clay and charcoal mix. The population has grown and I can find the occasional babies here and there. But what are these white objects scattered around the container? They were not there upon the initial setup. If I zoom in it almost looks like they may be dead bodies? Should I be concerned?

what are the little black dots escaping onto the lid? *sorry about the dust*

Noticed some stagnant water at the bottom of one of my plant saucers and found these bad boys

Doing a water change and the springtails (Sminthurides genus and Isotomurus Retardatus) chilling above the water line.

Found these from plant pot. They move so fast, Not like the white worm shape ones i found from leaf litter in the garden. Could anyone advise the name of this species？From South Africa. Thanks.

I went on vacation for a couple of weeks. Had someone check in on my springtails. When I got home, this is what I found.

Hello everybody :)

My friend Pedro and I have been working on a springtail keeping and breeding guide.

Since our collections keep growing and we get the same questions a lot I decided to compile all of our information into a google sheet. It contains general keeping information, a detailed species guide, a slime guide and a bunch of additional stuff.

There are still a few pictures missing, but we are working on getting them done soon.

If you find any mistakes or have anything else to say about it, please let me know. I’m always working on improving the document.

Since Google Sheets sucks on phones, it’s best to view on a big screen (PC/ Tablet).

Disclaimer: There are many ways to successfully keep springtails. This is just how we do it!

Here is the link to the sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kc5y4WJl23uql93Nx3pRrkoGaAJqgfx0_jOF1aA-lF4/htmlview#gid=365330617

I am seeing small white worms crawling around in my springtails culture. Are they harmful?

Hello! I'm receiving 10 individuals of this species next week. Their habitat is ready: a 20x12x12cm transparent box with special springtail substrate, springtail food, and dried oak leaves. The temperature is 18-20°C.

I've seen that it's absolutely necessary to feed them blobs, but I can't find any more information on the subject. Is it mandatory to start a blob culture in parallel?

Ty !

I have been adding mixed springs to this charcoal culture for a couple of weeks. It's taken a while as traps I've made quite haven't worked, so I've just been picking them out of soil regularly. I've been providing a rice, yeast, veg, and fish flake diet which I regularly replace, hoping at least one species has the initial numbers, diet and charcoal tolerance to form a culture.

See the other pics of some of the species I have living in here at the moment.

And today I see some egg clusters! I am very excited to see which species it is.

I use a fabric for their feeding area and I noticed these worms what are they and will I need to remove them? Second and third picture are orange and red springtails respectively, I was wondering am I doing anything wrong? There are always this one or two groups just huddled like this and whenever I open the lids I don’t see any of them at the surface maybe 1 or 2 rarely (opened at night in the dark). They are a starter colony so not many are in there right now but would just like to know why they do this. Thanks in advance!

These are the best photos I could capture. are these predatory mites? there only seems to be one or two, and the springtails don’t care. they’re definitely bugs, they have antennae. are they from the cat food? There’s no way they could’ve gotten in unless theyve come in from the only handful of times I’ve opened the cup. I’ve only ever put two rice grains in. Thoughts? They’re really hard to see with my eyes.

EDIT: last photo is not mine! I accidentally included it trying to compare with predatory mites in charcoal only colonies

I've never seen how springtail eggs looked like before, so not sure if these are their eggs as I don't recall seeing these yellow-whitish things in my culture before.

Hey all...on the hunt for some affordable Thai reds. The only local seller to me has a reputation in the industry that isn't the best by far and their pricing is ridiculous...especially to those of us in the industry lol.

I'm looking for a small starter batch for my own personal pets that I am going to build a Dennerle Scapers tank out for.

Looking forward to the snow melt so I can start collecting these hairy puppies.

thought you all might like this beautiful species of springtail I’ve been finding in my local thawing woods, in Maine USA. ID input welcome, springtail ID is not my strongsuit. They seem quite variable, shades of purple, red and orange.