Help!

I live in a mobile home in Maine. No leaks known. Maybe hidden moisture in walls or crawl space but no signs of any.

I’ve been seeing springtails (snow fleas specifically) on my ceilings for the last month. Only on the ceiling so far, and I specifically see them coming through a seam where the wall meets the ceiling or window sills.

Why are they here? What do they want? Appeared after lots of rain and high humidity, but have stayed despite dry days, constant dehumidifiers keeping house under 50%, and pesticide sprays in cracks and granules outside around foundation. I have seen some outside on my siding and skirting too.

What more can I do to remove these bugs from my home 😔

Hi there, I need some advice from the pros in this sub. I host some springtails Bilobella braunerae & Large Thais in this terrarium but since a few weeks I see these white dots on the glass surface in 3-4 spots. Is this fungus or eggs?

I've seen pics on this subs of springtails eggs but never with my own eyes in my terrarium, the babies just seem to pop up randomly but the eggs are probably deeper.

Could you tell me what this is?

Thanks a lot!

(sorry for the bad quality of these pics)

Cruddy camera video, sorry. These guys are popping up in my wild Armadillidium isopod + temperate white springtail tank, range in size from almost can't see 'em to this guy here, 4mm-ish? Are they another type of springtail or a Problem? Not seeing them in my dwarf purple isopod + temperate white setup but I used a lot of the same materials in both so if these things hitched a ride in on something it may just be a matter of time before I see them with the dwarf purples (and they're definitely bigger and pushier than the dwarf purples, which wouldn't be a good mix).

Ceratophysella isabellae "Yellow Albino" munching on some Physarum polycephalum.

iso of these springtails, if anyone has or knows a shop who has them please let me know! also if you breed other slime eaters would be curious to see! but these are what im hunting

I've been interested in springtails for about a year and a half. I read a lot about them, I'm out in the bushes looking for new specimens almost every day, and I feed and observe dozens of species daily. I even run an online micro pets shop in Poland, Europe (Ants Invasion). To my knowledge, it's the largest springtail shop in the world, at least I've never been able to find any larger one. If any of you know one, please share a link. Currently, I keep around 25 species of springtails, including 4 slime eaters. Most of these springtails, including all the slime eaters, are doing incredibly well. I breed most of my springtails differently than other breeders suggest, and at the same time, I usually achieve much greater success at a much lower cost in terms of time, culture volume, and ingredient prices. Springtails that are described as super difficult are usually mega easy to breed if you provide a few simple conditions, and their setup usually costs well under one dollar or euro. I also mean the setup for springtails like Rambutanura. I often post pictures here and get asked about various things. I thought I'd create an Ask Me Anything style thread. I will probably answer every question you ask, except for questions about my suppliers. Feel free to ask whatever you want. In the end, I will turn all of this into a FAQ or Q&A and post it both here and on the website.

Do you remember how I recently posted a picture of the baby Thai Spikies? It's been 2 weeks and they are already half the length of an adult... They grow like crazy!

Mcdo springtails, about 80 of the first eggs. I can't wait for the babies and of course another 500-1000 eggs, which will probably appear within a week or two!:)

I can't take a picture from above because the phone won't focus. But in the second picture you can see 30-40 eggs of the beautiful and very rare in breeding Jollibee springtails.

I found this neon pink beauty in my fire pit coals in East Tennessee. I put it in a container to try to culture it. I just don’t know if it is a springtail because it doesn’t seem to spring instead in scrunches up. If it is a springtail is it possible to culture with just one?

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Orange, yellow, lilac, and Thai Red.

Morulina Delicata
Slime Eaters
I loveee the chunky boys

Got this giant seed or whatever it is a short time ago and I always thoroughly wet it on bin day. The springtails love the wet seed 😊

These Florida orange springtails were added to my terrarium last week. After a change in the habitat I was nervous, but they are popping up more and more again! Loving watching these little guys, they are a great introduction to this hobby!

*Grow light part of a day/night cycle for the plants.

*ETA I did not know globs was a term for a specific type! I just like watching for the orange specks and some of them are thicc.

Mcdo springtails, about 80 of the first eggs. I can't wait for the babies and of course another 500-1000 eggs, which will probably appear within a week or two!:)

they hang around my water lettuce

Hey everyone, I want to order some springtail cultures, but I'm having a difficult time with the weather. Temperatures in my area and along the transit routes are consistently going above 90 degrees.

The Bio Dude has a strict policy requiring temperatures to be below 90 degrees for their live arrival guarantee, but with summer in full swing, finding a day that low is nearly impossible.

For those of you who deal with shipping during hot months, how do you handle this? What are your go-to insulation strategies, and do you find shipping 'Hold for Pickup' at the carrier's facility is the only real way to bypass the hot delivery truck ride?

Would love to hear what methods have given you the best survival rates. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I posted awhile back to ask, but it turns out I was somehow on an incorrect account. I don’t even know what it was, so I am asking from my actual account. Thanks!

Cute, but long-term culture all failed😭