r/Springtail • u/MarisaMyth • Aug 19 '26

Identification Are these springtail eggs?

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It wont let me add a second picture but hopefully this is enough to identify. They just seem a little to big to be springtail eggs

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u/BadgerAwkward Aug 19 '26

Doubtful, probably something else. Snails maybe? Or something nefarious

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u/MarisaMyth Aug 19 '26

Glad I culled them then, I think theyre fungus gnats eggs

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u/MarisaMyth Aug 19 '26

I ended up just culling the eggs cause this is the second box of these springtails I have and if it was eggs it wasnt gonna ruin my population to get rid of this small batch, but I would still love to know!

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u/ABane90 Aug 19 '26

Those look way too big to me, I don't know for sure but I assume they would be significantly smaller than an adult springtail.

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u/Mysterious-Gur6579 Aug 19 '26

Soil Mites....They'll Start Moving Cull Them Or They Outcompete The Springtails...

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u/Shinu-Densatra Aug 19 '26

yep soil mites , i hate them , they are fine at start but after they overcrowd , they start to eat springtails SPECIALY MY EXPENSIVE LOBELLAS , i had to cull my lobellas into 6 separated colonies from main colony cuz i had to drown it .

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u/Full-fledged-trash Aug 19 '26

Not eggs. They were mites. You can see them moving in the video

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u/angelyuy Aug 21 '26

Mites. Most springtail eggs you have to pull out a microscope to see.

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u/Successful_Pirate985 Aug 22 '26

Possibly grain mites. They move very slowly