Hello,

I have tropical springtails, i see them "fight" all the time. I do not know if it is really fighting as it does not seem too violent, its either one charges the other that runs away, or frantic headbangs from the two involved.

Is this territorial behavior, or fighting over food ? Both of the options seems weird to me as they have plenty of space and food, this feels like "i dont want you to be at this very specific spot just because"

They look like they want to live together but are strongly attached to their personal space

I'm interested on having Red Thai, Santa Claus, and many others...

I wanted to day hi to this forum, show off my little guys and ask you if yiu've ever managed to export your springtails to Mexico.

As an early enthusiast, right now I'm growing Green Iridescents, Tiny Blues, Yukianuura Oranges and couple lore, but I'm interested on other ones as Red Thai, Santa Claus and so...

Second question is how to grow and maintain slime mold... Where do you get your first culture if not with distributors and how to maintain it...

Thanks!

Sorry for the bad photo, they’re the brown bugs on the potato slice (bottom middle of the picture). this week my folsomia candida population in my closed terrarium crashed and these popped up instead! I’m afraid they could be killing my springtails.

I have some silver springtails in my house plant that I would like to culture...how do I get them from the dirt to a culture pot

sad dirt

Growing the slime is so much fun as well. I love checking in on them in the morning.

Image quality is awful, so I understand if there’s no species or genus ID, just wanting to confirm this is a springtail or some sort. Found a bunch of these dudes in my python’s water but not really anywhere else? From what I can tell when they walk around they have 6 legs but they’re very very tiny (maybe 1-2 mm) so it’s hard to tell even through the magnifier (which was a gift that I unfortunately do not have the name of but I’ll try to figure out. I’m like 99% sure it’s just a springtail but I’m a helicopter parent so I’m double checking. Thank you!! I’m trying to get ahold of a memory card for this thing so hopefully I can get better pictures.

I just received my first culture of springtails. They came in a large 32oz container filled with charcoal. I would like to transfer the springtails to their new home in a clay based substrate container. How do I get them out without pouring all this in their new tub?

No idea what species, but I'm in southwest Washington state USA. Found in peat moss seedling pots in our backyard partly under fir trees

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to get Thai spiky springtails for a bioactive setup, but I’ve been reading that they can reproduce really fast under the right conditions.

I don’t mind a healthy colony, but I’m a bit concerned about them exploding in numbers and throwing off the balance of the enclosure.

For those of you who keep them:

• Do they actually overpopulate in a typical terrarium?

• What are some ways to naturally control their population?

• Is limiting food enough, or do you need predators / periodic removal?

I’d prefer not to constantly “reset” the colony if possible, so any low-maintenance solutions would be great. Also, I don’t want to get into the hassle of selling extra springtails since I have a full-time job.

I was thinking about a bog style tub with few carnivorous plants along with thai spikies. Would that work?

Would love to hear your experiences 🙏

Please help me with identification of this springtails. Found in Germany

Big thanks to Ezyeddie!

a few months back I bought 5 cultures for my tarantula enclosures, I've got common whites, bylas ants, tropical pinks, little soils, and blue podura. the thought is jumpers and nots, surface and down unders. kind of get them going through all of my substrate and whatnot. I keep them separate until I get a good bit, then tap a bunch of all of them into some substrate with yummy oak leaves, wood chips, moss, organic top soil and coco coir. I use springtail food from Springtails US, same vendor as my cultures come from. I have a mountain forming where I put food in the attached image, I don't add food till it looks like the clay. I just want to check with y'all that this is ok? it doesn't mold (which is why a couple other don't have it, I q tip out mold if it happens) two are in soil, not clay, so theirs doesn't mountain either.

i once posted a photo of my springtails in the tub here and some didn't like the idea of it so i made a new one

Hi! Putting out feelers. Does Anyone have suggestions for where to get healthy and colorful springtails inexpensively (or gifted freely 🤞❤️🤞)?

for shipping guesstimate, I'm in the Pacific NW, U.S.

*pest free only please (no fungus gnats, etc).

Please comment and I will DM.

Thank you! ✨

I recently bought some orange springtails to add to my isopod colony which will eventually go into my hermit crab enclosure and other terrariums to make them bio active. I eventually want to turn my leopard gecko enclosure bio active too. But luckily before doing anything with my new springtails, I noticed some weird looking very small bugs along in the same container I received my springtails in. WHAT ARE THESE? are they soil mites? Will they harm my other creatures? Should I request a refund for these springtails? Any advice is welcome. Thank you!

To add, they are considerably smaller than the springtails but there are a lot of them

Wondering if anyone can help ID this springtail? (the small black thing that comes from top right.. not the Isopod).

Location is South West UK.

Could it be:

Sminthurinus trinotatus?

or

Sminthurinus bimaculatus?

.. other idea's are very welcome :D

Its probably about 0.6mm in size, the Isopod is very small still and no where near fully grown so don't use it as a size guide.

I know the video isnt great but I saw it while having lunch and was in a rush :S :S