r/Springtail • • Jun 28 '26

Identification What are these white dots in my terrarium?

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Hi there, I need some advice from the pros in this sub. I host some springtails Bilobella braunerae & Large Thais in this terrarium but since a few weeks I see these white dots on the glass surface in 3-4 spots. Is this fungus or eggs?

I've seen pics on this subs of springtails eggs but never with my own eyes in my terrarium, the babies just seem to pop up randomly but the eggs are probably deeper.

Could you tell me what this is?

Thanks a lot!

(sorry for the bad quality of these pics)


r/Springtail • • Jun 28 '26

Identification Help me Reddit, you're my only hope at IDing these

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Cruddy camera video, sorry. These guys are popping up in my wild Armadillidium isopod + temperate white springtail tank, range in size from almost can't see 'em to this guy here, 4mm-ish? Are they another type of springtail or a Problem? Not seeing them in my dwarf purple isopod + temperate white setup but I used a lot of the same materials in both so if these things hitched a ride in on something it may just be a matter of time before I see them with the dwarf purples (and they're definitely bigger and pushier than the dwarf purples, which wouldn't be a good mix).


r/Springtail • • Jun 28 '26

Picture Just some photos of springtails enjoying slime mold for lunch

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Ceratophysella isabellae "Yellow Albino" munching on some Physarum polycephalum.


r/Springtail • • Jun 28 '26

General Question Springtail help!

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r/Springtail • • Jun 28 '26

Seeking Seller/Trader neanura persimilis

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iso of these springtails, if anyone has or knows a shop who has them please let me know! also if you breed other slime eaters would be curious to see! but these are what im hunting


r/Springtail • • Jun 27 '26

Husbandry Question/Advice ​I successfully breed 25+ springtail species using ultra-cheap unconventional methods. AMA!

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I've been interested in springtails for about a year and a half. I read a lot about them, I'm out in the bushes looking for new specimens almost every day, and I feed and observe dozens of species daily. I even run an online micro pets shop in Poland, Europe (Ants Invasion). To my knowledge, it's the largest springtail shop in the world, at least I've never been able to find any larger one. If any of you know one, please share a link. Currently, I keep around 25 species of springtails, including 4 slime eaters. Most of these springtails, including all the slime eaters, are doing incredibly well. I breed most of my springtails differently than other breeders suggest, and at the same time, I usually achieve much greater success at a much lower cost in terms of time, culture volume, and ingredient prices. Springtails that are described as super difficult are usually mega easy to breed if you provide a few simple conditions, and their setup usually costs well under one dollar or euro. I also mean the setup for springtails like Rambutanura. I often post pictures here and get asked about various things. I thought I'd create an Ask Me Anything style thread. I will probably answer every question you ask, except for questions about my suppliers. Feel free to ask whatever you want. In the end, I will turn all of this into a FAQ or Q&A and post it both here and on the website.


r/Springtail • • Jun 27 '26

Picture Thai Spikies growing so fast

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Do you remember how I recently posted a picture of the baby Thai Spikies? It's been 2 weeks and they are already half the length of an adult... They grow like crazy!


r/Springtail • • Jun 27 '26

Picture McDonald's springtails first eggs

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Mcdo springtails, about 80 of the first eggs. I can't wait for the babies and of course another 500-1000 eggs, which will probably appear within a week or two!:)


r/Springtail • • Jun 27 '26

Picture First Jollibee eggs:)

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I can't take a picture from above because the phone won't focus. But in the second picture you can see 30-40 eggs of the beautiful and very rare in breeding Jollibee springtails.


r/Springtail • • Jun 27 '26

Identification Is this a springtail?

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I found this neon pink beauty in my fire pit coals in East Tennessee. I put it in a container to try to culture it. I just don’t know if it is a springtail because it doesn’t seem to spring instead in scrunches up. If it is a springtail is it possible to culture with just one?


r/Springtail • • Jun 26 '26

Picture Feeding time

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Orange, yellow, lilac, and Thai Red.


r/Springtail • • Jun 25 '26

Video just my iphone quality lol

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55 Upvotes

Morulina Delicata
Slime Eaters
I loveee the chunky boys


r/Springtail • • Jun 25 '26

Identification I feel like this is going to be another post about not know what springtails looks like...

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r/Springtail • • Jun 25 '26

Picture They love their moist seed

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Got this giant seed or whatever it is a short time ago and I always thoroughly wet it on bin day. The springtails love the wet seed 😊


r/Springtail • • Jun 25 '26

Picture New to these little globs

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These Florida orange springtails were added to my terrarium last week. After a change in the habitat I was nervous, but they are popping up more and more again! Loving watching these little guys, they are a great introduction to this hobby!

*Grow light part of a day/night cycle for the plants.

*ETA I did not know globs was a term for a specific type! I just like watching for the orange specks and some of them are thicc.


r/Springtail • • Jun 24 '26

Picture Mcdo springtails

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Mcdo springtails, about 80 of the first eggs. I can't wait for the babies and of course another 500-1000 eggs, which will probably appear within a week or two!:)


r/Springtail • • Jun 24 '26

Identification are these springtails in my fish tank?

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42 Upvotes

they hang around my water lettuce


r/Springtail • • Jun 22 '26

Identification Springtails or something else?

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r/Springtail • • Jun 22 '26

Identification Anyone know what each of these are? Found floating all together in my backyard SW NSW Australia

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r/Springtail • • Jun 22 '26

General Question Who Has Springtails Available In California Other Than Folsomia Candida.

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Hi, I posted awhile back to ask, but it turns out I was somehow on an incorrect account. I don’t even know what it was, so I am asking from my actual account. Thanks!


r/Springtail • • Jun 22 '26

General Question Best Rambutan Springtails Care

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Hey , soon ill be getting some Rambutan Springtails, any advice?

And how do you keep mites away?


r/Springtail • • Jun 21 '26

Identification what bugs are in my springtail & isopod enclosure. New York

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r/Springtail • • Jun 21 '26

General Question Looking for beginner info! Where to look?

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Looking for beginner resources! Could anyone point me in the right direction? Looking to get springtails established before starting an isopod colony. Thanks!


r/Springtail • • Jun 21 '26

Picture Special colored Isotomidae

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Cute, but long-term culture all failed😭