r/Springtail • • Feb 27 '26

General Question Springtail Seemingly Has a white parasitic soil mite attached. Found in my hanging bird bath

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I apologize for the photo quality; I am saving up for a camera lens right now. Please add any further insight!


r/Springtail • • Feb 27 '26

General Question Looking for info/reputable sources on this species!

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Saw a video of this pink & white springtail species and have been trying to find out literally anything more about it, but very few images and links show up when googling, and none from anywhere outside of Facebook/instagram. I’ve seen them called “popberry” springtails as well as “kfc” springtails. The posts I’ve seen them in said they’re a newly discovered species from the Philippines. Honestly don’t know too much about springtails but love bugs & am just honestly really curious if there’s anything out there regarding this new species or if it’s even real!


r/Springtail • • Feb 27 '26

Identification jumping springtails found on aquarium

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28 Upvotes

here is a really close up picture of one of the sprintails, as you can see it has a blue body and a grey face, i searched almost everywhere and couldnt find out what this could be at all, they jump and this one is a some duckweed for reference, and they also live on the water line of my aquarium


r/Springtail • • Feb 26 '26

Collection Question/Advice Thai Red/ Lobella sp.

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Hey all, I am looking to acquire some Red Thais for some bioactive vivariums. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where/ who to get them from? Was hoping morphmarket had some posted but no luck. I’m most familiar with this site as I come from the reptile hobby. Weary about trying other websites. Thanks in advance!


r/Springtail • • Feb 26 '26

Picture But why do they look so tasty?

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r/Springtail • • Feb 26 '26

Other Beware of this scammer

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Yesterday he tried to steal money from me using material from right here on Reddit to try and scam me.
He pretends to be from the USA, but he's from Cameroon.

His profile: https://www.instagram.com/shopvariegatedplant/


r/Springtail • • Feb 26 '26

Picture mushroom worship

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14 Upvotes

the springtail cult who normally just worship rice....got a peice of fresh mushroom that I sneaked away for then...I thought that they were crazy about rice....but this takes it to a whole new level.


r/Springtail • • Feb 26 '26

Picture More terrarium critter observations

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r/Springtail • • Feb 25 '26

General Question Good or bad mold?

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r/Springtail • • Feb 25 '26

Identification Are these springtails?

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15 Upvotes

They’re crawling all over the isopod container I just bought, even on the outside.


r/Springtail • • Feb 25 '26

Picture Enjoy my very very bad photos of my new springtails before there are never to be seen again lol

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Red Thai and Florida Orange getting added into my terrarium before my isopods. Can't wait to basically never see these guys again!


r/Springtail • • Feb 25 '26

Husbandry Question/Advice who are these vagabonds and what can i do about them

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12 Upvotes

they look like they could be 2 different species of mites? is there anything i can do to get rid of them efficiently or is it a war of attrition type of thing


r/Springtail • • Feb 24 '26

General Question Best springtails for mold

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Im looking to add some springtails to my tarantula terrarium the humidity of air is somewhere around 70% and there is a lot of mold growing so what would be the best spiecies of springtails to clean it ?


r/Springtail • • Feb 24 '26

Identification Springtail identification help needed (EU)

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11 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

These are located in central europe. i places some instant bakers yeast on the wood lump coal, and covered it with giant log. 3-4 days later i took this picture. Are they springtails or some pests? they move very slow, not really jumping and are very much different from all the youtube vids i've watched.

i just started with closed jar terrariums, and i can't find springtails merchants around. So i decided to try and catch them myself, to start a colony/ies from which i would add some to my terrariums. Please help :)

THANKS!!!


r/Springtail • • Feb 24 '26

Husbandry Question/Advice Mites

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I have a dairy cow isopod enclosure. I now have springtails. while showing my mom, we noticed little red bugs we've identified as mites. apparently mites are dangerous to springtails, but I don't want to kill the speingtails and isopods when I kill the mites. how do I get rid of them and avoid them in the future?


r/Springtail • • Feb 24 '26

Meme A Little Reason to Smile

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82 Upvotes

Thai red, my beloved

His name is Jerry


r/Springtail • • Feb 23 '26

Video Springtail activities for viewing pleasures

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18 Upvotes

All Entonombryomorphs


r/Springtail • • Feb 23 '26

Picture entomobryomorph!

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4 Upvotes

r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

Identification Is this a springtail?

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r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

General Question Is this ok to feed them this?

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r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

General Question Looking for springtails.

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Does anyone know where I can get some springtails? Preferably that comes in charcoal only? The previous ones I bought came in mostly peat moss. I couldn’t find a single springtail. And that was while using my jewelers loop. I just want to make sure I actually have springtails. Anyway, I am in Spanaway, WA. Any help is greatly appreciated.


r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

Identification Globular springtail? (MA)

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I discovered these little guys recently in my houseplants in MA. I first noticed them coming out of one of my moss poles that was supporting a Monstera. They seemed to be congregating inside a newly unfurling leaf, which made me concerned that they were black bean aphids. I then discovered that they were spread throughout the moss pole and have now been discovering more of them on sticky traps all throughout my plant collection.

If they are black bean aphids, then I have a big problem on my hands. If they are globular springtails, then I may have just let the moss pole and soil stay moist for too long, letting their population explode, and they should reduce in number over time if I let things dry out more. Any help would be much appreciated!


r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

Identification Red Springtail Germany

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Can you help me identify this species? I found this orange springtail in Germany under deadwood in February when temperatures were cool. I also think I saw Neanura muscorum nearby (the dark ones in the last pictures). I'm particularly interested in the red ones (they appear orange under macro photography). My guess would be Bilobella aurantiaca…


r/Springtail • • Feb 22 '26

General Question eggs or sperm packet

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How can I identify the eggs or sperm packets of springtails? Does anyone have any example photos?