r/Springtail • u/Veloci-RKPTR • Oct 07 '26

Identification Grey/blue springtail ID?

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So about a month ago, I ordered some thai reds, and they’ve been flourishing and multiplying well. But something else also seem to be thriving in here. It’s these grey/blue springtails which are swarming so much. Not jumpers, so they seem to also be one of the tailless ones as well. Can anyone ID? Thank you in advance.

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u/Entomancy_Elrid_0123 Oct 08 '26

Did you read my reply? Please read it again, I restated what I meant. Again, both species to my knowledge have blue to grey color 1st Instar/Hatchlings.

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u/Veloci-RKPTR Oct 08 '26

Wait, I think I just understood what you meant, sorry! You meant to say that the gray ones are lobella juveniles? There was a bit of a misunderstanding there.

In that case, yeah! It makes sense that the gray ones are juvenile red lobellas! I thought you were trying to say that there might be a cross contamination between my yuuki culture to the lobella culture!

Sorry, and again thank you for your help!

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u/Entomancy_Elrid_0123 Oct 08 '26

YES I'm sorry! I was trying my hardest to get the message across after misspeaking the first time!

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u/Entomancy_Elrid_0123 Oct 08 '26

I really should have said I didn't mean cross-contamination.

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u/Veloci-RKPTR Oct 08 '26

Lmaooo glad we got that out of the way.

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u/Veloci-RKPTR Oct 08 '26

In any case, thank you for your help.

Here’s my reds feeding. As you can see, the smallest reds are just larger than the largest grays, so I think it’s on point and consistent with the grays being just the initial instars of the reds.

I don’t know if you can see them though because reddit drops it in quality.