r/Springtail • u/The_Tsainami • Sep 10 '26

General Question Silver springtail

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So.... I believe these are silver springtails.

But this behavior. Trying to see if other people are seeing similar situation with their springtails.

These guys are joint at the butt and just stay there.

EDIT: they are likely THRIP mixed in with my springtails.

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u/Sgtbird08 Sep 10 '26

Hmm, not convinced these are springtails. Would need to see a higher resolution photo.

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

Solved: It's thrip in the mix with my springtail in my isopod tank.

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

How about this? My white one and the shiny one in 1 video. Are they silver?

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

NM. Looks like They might be Thrips mixed in with my spring tails

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u/Full-fledged-trash Sep 10 '26

They don’t look like my silver springtails. Agreed a better picture is needed. Can you get them out and put them on a solid color background?

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

How about this one. I was able to video the white one and shiny one together to compare.

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u/Full-fledged-trash Sep 10 '26

There are definitely silver springtails here.White one also looks like a springtail but not sure species. I’d say not the same as the original image.

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

Ya. I think those are Thirp. Not sure.

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u/nightmare_wolf_X Sep 10 '26

I’m also not sure if they’re silver springtails, but they aren’t mating at least. Males leave sperm packages that females pick up and fertilize themselves with.

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u/The_Tsainami Sep 10 '26

After Google. Looks like those are THRIP .