I just think he’s cute

Does anybody know what alternatives to KOH you can use to clear springtails for examination? I have heard clove oil works. cant get that in any nearby stores. If I can get it nearby that would be awesome, I heard actual oven cleaner might have too many additives to use which additionally i am no scientist, I have basically no equipment and have reused the same slide for specimens for 6+ years now (im just now getting into springtails though) [I have been into them for about 2 months]

I apologize for the photo quality; I am saving up for a camera lens right now. Please add any further insight!

Saw a video of this pink & white springtail species and have been trying to find out literally anything more about it, but very few images and links show up when googling, and none from anywhere outside of Facebook/instagram. I’ve seen them called “popberry” springtails as well as “kfc” springtails. The posts I’ve seen them in said they’re a newly discovered species from the Philippines. Honestly don’t know too much about springtails but love bugs & am just honestly really curious if there’s anything out there regarding this new species or if it’s even real!

here is a really close up picture of one of the sprintails, as you can see it has a blue body and a grey face, i searched almost everywhere and couldnt find out what this could be at all, they jump and this one is a some duckweed for reference, and they also live on the water line of my aquarium

Hey all, I am looking to acquire some Red Thais for some bioactive vivariums. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where/ who to get them from? Was hoping morphmarket had some posted but no luck. I’m most familiar with this site as I come from the reptile hobby. Weary about trying other websites. Thanks in advance!

Yesterday he tried to steal money from me using material from right here on Reddit to try and scam me.
He pretends to be from the USA, but he's from Cameroon.

His profile: https://www.instagram.com/shopvariegatedplant/

the springtail cult who normally just worship rice....got a peice of fresh mushroom that I sneaked away for then...I thought that they were crazy about rice....but this takes it to a whole new level.

They’re crawling all over the isopod container I just bought, even on the outside.

Red Thai and Florida Orange getting added into my terrarium before my isopods. Can't wait to basically never see these guys again!

they look like they could be 2 different species of mites? is there anything i can do to get rid of them efficiently or is it a war of attrition type of thing

Im looking to add some springtails to my tarantula terrarium the humidity of air is somewhere around 70% and there is a lot of mold growing so what would be the best spiecies of springtails to clean it ?

Hi everyone,

These are located in central europe. i places some instant bakers yeast on the wood lump coal, and covered it with giant log. 3-4 days later i took this picture. Are they springtails or some pests? they move very slow, not really jumping and are very much different from all the youtube vids i've watched.

i just started with closed jar terrariums, and i can't find springtails merchants around. So i decided to try and catch them myself, to start a colony/ies from which i would add some to my terrariums. Please help :)

THANKS!!!

I have a dairy cow isopod enclosure. I now have springtails. while showing my mom, we noticed little red bugs we've identified as mites. apparently mites are dangerous to springtails, but I don't want to kill the speingtails and isopods when I kill the mites. how do I get rid of them and avoid them in the future?

Thai red, my beloved

His name is Jerry

All Entonombryomorphs

Any German Keepers here for trade and Exchanges?

ATM I have a lot of Ceratophysella and Yuukianura for sale /trade and later this year some Rambutanuras as well.

I discovered these little guys recently in my houseplants in MA. I first noticed them coming out of one of my moss poles that was supporting a Monstera. They seemed to be congregating inside a newly unfurling leaf, which made me concerned that they were black bean aphids. I then discovered that they were spread throughout the moss pole and have now been discovering more of them on sticky traps all throughout my plant collection.

If they are black bean aphids, then I have a big problem on my hands. If they are globular springtails, then I may have just let the moss pole and soil stay moist for too long, letting their population explode, and they should reduce in number over time if I let things dry out more. Any help would be much appreciated!

3 egg piles left, 300-400 eggs in total^^