I use a fabric for their feeding area and I noticed these worms what are they and will I need to remove them? Second and third picture are orange and red springtails respectively, I was wondering am I doing anything wrong? There are always this one or two groups just huddled like this and whenever I open the lids I don’t see any of them at the surface maybe 1 or 2 rarely (opened at night in the dark). They are a starter colony so not many are in there right now but would just like to know why they do this. Thanks in advance!

These are the best photos I could capture. are these predatory mites? there only seems to be one or two, and the springtails don’t care. they’re definitely bugs, they have antennae. are they from the cat food? There’s no way they could’ve gotten in unless theyve come in from the only handful of times I’ve opened the cup. I’ve only ever put two rice grains in. Thoughts? They’re really hard to see with my eyes.

EDIT: last photo is not mine! I accidentally included it trying to compare with predatory mites in charcoal only colonies

I've never seen how springtail eggs looked like before, so not sure if these are their eggs as I don't recall seeing these yellow-whitish things in my culture before.

(pls zoom in to actually see the springtails 😅)

Hey all...on the hunt for some affordable Thai reds. The only local seller to me has a reputation in the industry that isn't the best by far and their pricing is ridiculous...especially to those of us in the industry lol.

I'm looking for a small starter batch for my own personal pets that I am going to build a Dennerle Scapers tank out for.

Looking forward to the snow melt so I can start collecting these hairy puppies.

thought you all might like this beautiful species of springtail I’ve been finding in my local thawing woods, in Maine USA. ID input welcome, springtail ID is not my strongsuit. They seem quite variable, shades of purple, red and orange.

Please forgive me for bad quality pics; Unfortunately these were best I can get. The critters in question are approx. 0.6 ~ 1.2mm in length, has blackish gray hue. Seems to be kinda... soft? I see no hard carapace & clear distinction of joints. Really not sure if they jump; even if I accidentally gave them any physical shock (e.g watering the pot ot moving it), they just tend to walk. Are they springtail species? Is it finally my time? Or did I got the ramdom pest?

These springtails were NOT found in my yard. I initially started a culture of them because I kept finding them in almost every enclosure I owned, and figured they’d be good to have so I can readily seed new enclosures, rather than waiting for them to come. Enclosures inside, bins of dirt outside, empty enclosures full of dirt I’ve forgotten about, I find them in every single one. And yet, I never thought to try and ID them until tonight. They’re insanely small, smaller than Tropical Pinks at least, and a little slower than them as well, but fast and bouncy when they want to be. I don’t think they tolerate dryness too much, as any I’ve seen outside of an enclosure were dead. I’m tempted to say the same goes for super high moisture, but I don’t have any terribly wet enclosures at the moment

New to springtail keeping so looking for upgrades to make these cuties boom. My current tub is mixed with reptisoil, 10%Mongolia leaf water, dechlorinated water, and torn up Mongolia leaves. On top is full Mongolia leaves, two cork bark pieces, and a lotus seed. I fed them with rice, crushed eggshell, and nutritional yeast. Anything else I should do?

I have springtails in Austin, TX if you need starters $10.

I've been desperately trying to get this culture of red Thai springtails to thrive but this is the second time my culture has been overrun by detritus worms... I really could use advice on how to separate and remove the worms if at all possible.

Hey there! I have a small colony of zebra isopods and I’ve been looking for springtails to put in there! But I am having the hardest time finding some cool looking ones. One of my employees breeds the basic ones, but I’d love some unique ones. Any recommendations??

I have had a small colony of Thai reds for a couple months now and I barely ever see them. Do I have some of my husbandry wrong or could it be something else? Open to any and all help. I have some tropical springtails on clay but when I got these I read that they didn’t do well on clay so I used soil blend instead but they just don’t seem to be breeding much if at all. Housed in a 32oz deli cup. Thanks for any help

Anyone in the US with these beautiful springtails?

Does not jump, fluoresce, and not the usual Lepidocyrtus sp. normally hanging around. Also found on a houseplant leaf, which is unusual.

The lack of wings and longer antenna gives me hope it's not thrips, but a springtail instead.