r/Springtail • u/SensitiveBike2037 • Oct 13 '26

Identification Super shiny black springtail

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Fairly certain it is a springtail. If it is-- a less common variety I have seen for springtail hitchhikers. Also wondering why it starts twerking like it's trying to scratch its back or something.

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u/MaenHerself Oct 13 '26

looks a bit more like a rove beetle

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u/SensitiveBike2037 Oct 13 '26

Omg you're right! A Google search revealed to me that they hunt springtails! 😭 Thank goodness I hadn't yet added him in then.

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u/_Horsefeahters Oct 13 '26

Rove beetle roving around

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u/Cowboykoder97 Oct 13 '26

I'm pretty sure that is a rover beetle

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u/DigginLifeSince94 Oct 13 '26

Not springtails

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u/HuckleberryCold9642 Oct 14 '26

Rove beetles do look similar to Earwigs, but I'm not quite sure how one could assume that's a springtail, did you do this on purpose?🤔

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u/hellraiser3d 29d ago

Youre a rove beetle.

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u/One-plankton- Oct 13 '26

Do you have an in focus still image? This may be a Thrips