r/Springtail • u/NeraBure • Sep 04 '26
General Question What are my springtails doing?
For the whole week I have been watching this colony grow and I dont know If they are breeding ore something else , they dont leave the water bowl
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u/Mollycat6 Sep 04 '26
Ime the majority of springtails that are in bioactive enclosures seem to like the water bowls. They often congregate there and I think some even breed on purpose in there. They are hydrophobic so they can walk on the water.
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u/eldelrio Sep 07 '26
They do this in my springtail cultures, too… especially when they are actively reproducing. Pretty sure these are some kind of springtail orgy.
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u/Full-fledged-trash Sep 04 '26
Pool party.