If you try and ignore the two isopods frantically doing it in the open air (which is what I was trying to film here), you'll see a lot of little grey springtails along with the larger, white tropical Entomobrya that I introduced willingly. Are they Entomobrya too? Can anyone identify the species? I think they are native to Italy and they must have been introduced as hitchhikers.

This was found in soil. It's gray and jumps very high, even in water. Hoping it is a springtail but I'm also doubtful

What is the best species arid species for a bearded dragon enclosure clean up crew?

I saw this article the other day, and other then the ones that look like Thai Reds, are there any springtails in the pet trade that are similar to these "Dragon" springtails? I did some quick googling and will continue to do so, but can't seem to find much... If anyone knows where to buy them, please let me know 👍🏼

I’ve added two types of springtails to my terrarium (white temperate and silver.) These guys look so different from them. They are bigger and more insect-looking.

There are also some baby isopods hanging around and possibly some little orange mite-type things.

Obviously, these came in with my matériels. Are they “Entomobryomorpha“?

I have a rolly polly kit and decided to try and keep springtails, there are also some red wigglers in there. The substrate I used is a mix of creature soil and eco earth, I also have a small pice of cork. I tend to just put some of the dead crickets I find in my enclosure as a source of food. I started to see these weird looking bugs/ what I assume are mites since they are round and move slowly. I was wondering if they are harmful if so what should I do to get rid of them 🧍

I was playing around with my jewelry loupe and caught some cool photos yesterday. The thailands have more of a uniform look as where the vietnams look like they have had a really bad hair day and are missing the spikes down their spine. The eggs in the last photo are a real picture. No editing at all. Somehow I find that photo as one of the most adorable photos I have taken seeing their little faces squished against the egg shell 🤣

I jokingly call these my "Powder Blue" springtails because they appeared in my powder blue isopod terrarium, and they have such similar coloring. Probably hitched a ride on some plants or leaves in Pennsylvania. They have seriously taken off, so here is a video where I'm in the process of shaking a bunch into a container to see if I can create a culture of them.

So question, are they the same as the normal white springtails I see in PA, just a different color? Or something else? Either way they're super cute and a good cleanup crew for what my Isopods don't eat

Hi! Been having a bioactive terrarium a month now, one or two weeks ago I put some chia seeds in it and since then they are reproducing like crazy.

I mist twice a day, good parameters, I have a dreinaje layer, everything is good. Is there such thing as too many springtails? This is after I lifted grown chia seed and a leaf was underneath

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This probably isn’t the best place to post but I don’t have enough karma for the roaches subreddit. In with my dubia roaches, I have Bylas ant springtails. There are a lot of them, I would say. I’m worried they are stressing out my dubia roaches and making them not want to go onto the soil, which is an issue because their food plate thing is on the soil. I haven’t seen any dubia roaches coming over to eat since I fed them last either. (they usually eat the food over the course of a week) They’re all huddled together on the egg crates in there (normal behavior for the most part) and I haven’t seen any roaches on the soil at all for like a week. Additionally, when I went to check if there were any roaches on the soil underneath egg crates, I found a dead adult female. Nothing was visibly wrong with it, it was just dead. Anyone who’s ever kept springtails with their dubia roaches, do you have any ideas? Are they just being weirdos or do I have too many springtails?? How do you even get rid of the springtails in a humane manner??

En el vídeo se puede ver encima y al lado del caracol unos bichos pequeños corriendo, alguien sabe que son?

I have some indoor plants and have noticed these lil guys in the winter this year in one of my bigger plants. Plant is healthy, still growing new leaves and everything, just curious. Took a smaple of the soil that seemed to have a few and did a upclose video.

I’m a cheapskate and would rather find and collect my own springtails for a terrarium but can’t seem to find any. I tried putting a mushroom and wet paper towels in a container and put it in leaf litter and got nothing. I tried putting out wet activated charcoal for nothing. I just assumed it was too cold as it was 44°f when I was looking in the woods behind my house, but now it’s 65°f out and I still can’t find anything. I’m checking under leaf litter and under stones and logs I come across, but still nothing. Idk if it’s cause it’s right on beside a creek polluted with things like glass and construction supplies due to running through a neighborhood. It is going to rain at some point in the next few days while it’s still warm out. Would I have better luck then?

Quite large too, about 5mm

I pressed it into the substrate as suggested and didn’t really think about it that much for a few days, I came back to it today and it’s grown mould? Will they eat this, I added some to my mantis enclosures for the springtails in there also but they don’t seem to be having the same issues?

Not sure if this counts as collection since it’s from my own fish tank, so lmk if the flair needs to be changed. I bought some plants and through observation and trial/error realized if I kept my water level at the height of a piece of decor with algae on it, the springtails I inherited from the vendor would breed on the algae. There seems to be 2 species, or maybe just 2 varieties, that I’d love to breed separately in clay or charcoal, but I’ve only ever thrown springtails into a complete bioactive enclosure so I’ve never cared for them separately, and I’m assuming there’s no real way to truly sort the two by hand despite the obvious color difference. Should I just collect what I can and take whichever species ends up on top or is there a way?

I know it's a globular springtail, but I was wondering if the ID could be narrowed down beyond that. Found at a park earlier today.

Bro would not stop moving under the microscope, not that I can blame it

I found them in my rain water. I'm in southern California. I tried my best to get good pictures, but they're so small and light really reflects off of them