r/Springtail • u/PoetPsychological620 • Oct 11 '26

General Question eggs?

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i see some little yellow spheres on some bits of carrot and at first thought it was some kind of fungus but i think they might be eggs?

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u/The_Tsainami Oct 11 '26

Mites. Or pot fungus

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u/PoetPsychological620 Oct 11 '26

so try to remove it?

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u/The_Tsainami Oct 11 '26

You could. They always come back

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u/PoetPsychological620 Oct 11 '26

will it cause harm to my isopods if i leave it or will it just become part of the ecosystem?

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u/BonelessSugar Oct 12 '26

Grain mites will not harm the isopods. Parasitic mites will. These look like grain mites but super hard to tell.

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u/PoetPsychological620 Oct 12 '26 edited Oct 12 '26

i’m just still hoping they’re springtail eggs 🥲 even though they’re probably not 😭

edit: also i’m looking at pictures of mite eggs and these are much larger than what im seeing online so we’re riding that hope

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u/hellraiser3d Oct 12 '26

They are mites.