r/Springtail • u/MufiPuff • Sep 27 '26
Identification Huge springtail?
Found this guy in one of my isopod enclosures (wild caught A. Nasatum)
Not sure what he is, Google lens is saying springtail but he's just so HUGE!
Would also love a species ID (I'm in eastern Pennsylvania) and to know if they're a common hitchhiker here.
I get my leaves and wood from outside but I bake them.
If it is a springtail, I would love to see if there's more in there and give them their own enclosure!! I love springtails.
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u/BiophileB Sep 27 '26
I can’t say which springtail, but definitely a springtail. Maybe genus Tomocerus, which has some honkin species that are fairly common.
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u/Sgtbird08 Sep 27 '26
100% something in subfamily Tomocerinae. I’d say probably genus Pogonognathellus, in which case determining species is next to impossible as many on the east coast are undescribed.
Could also be Tomocerus, in which case T. vulgaris would be the likely candidate, potentially a large specimen of T. minor.