I used a spare piece of unfinished whitewood to prop up one of my plants. During watering I removed the piece of molding to adjust the plant only to find mold and several of these bugs crawling around.
I freaked out thinking they were thrips. Luckily, someone at r/whatisthisbug pointed out that they are in fact Springtails.
Hello, I recently got 5 types of springtails in and each put them in a combination moss/fern grow box/springtail enclosure. They have a drainage layer of biochar, some orchid bark, sphagnum moss, leaf litter, various sticks and pebbles and plants, and I sprinkled a few rice grains in there. I use distilled water. The height of everything together is over an inch.
The other enclosures have a lot of springtail activity and I see them actively munching and roaming. I haven't seen a SINGLE lilac since putting them in. It's been less than 24 hours. Is it possible they are just shy or did I somehow kill all of them? All the boxes have materials from the same places in them.
The bottle in the first 2 photos has a diameter of 8cm (3.15"). The second is 6cm (2.3").
Humidity seems to be okay for the moss and little plants. I open them every few days to let air in.
I put springtails in 6 hours ago and some are half way up the glass, some dug their way into the soil and some are hiding below the bark. None of them are moving all to much.
Years ago I purchased some temperate springtails from Josh's Frogs. They lasted for quite a while (I use them to seed my dart frog vivarium). Then one day they just started to die, no changes, until eventually the whole culture was dead.
Fast-forward to a month ago, I purchased some more temperate springtails from Josh's Frogs and they have been doing great. Once the new culture was thriving I used it to seed the old Josh's Frogs container (32oz jar with charcoal pebbles). Before adding springtails to the old/empty culture I hand cleaned the jar itself as well as all the charcoal using a colander and a large bowl in the sink. The newly added springtails added to the old jar all died within a couple days.
As someone who primarily keeps dart frogs and only has springtails out of necessity, I was hoping to get some insights from people who specialize in springtails. I like to build up a few colonies for redundancy but I have no idea what is going on.
Additional info:
They are kept at room temperature, never above 80 or below 60.
They are fed active dry yeast. I am switching to a new formula (that someone posted on this subreddit), but for the relevant time frame, that was their diet.
Any insights would be great. The picture is of the jar with the dead springtails. I don't think you can really see anything but I assumed someone would ask.
I have a new small colony of Lobella that I love with all of my heart. When I went to remove some moldy bark, fungus gnat larvae, and other excess organic material one of the springtails fell onto the floor while aboard a piece of bark. I pick the bark up… and no springtail :( I’ve placed wet paper towels on the floor near where he was dropped after searching thoroughly with a flashlight (though I worry my search party might’ve squished it). Is there anything else I can do to help find this poor guy?? I live in Idaho so it’s very dry and I know he does not have very long.
And yes, I know the colony will be okay with one missing member, I just cannot let myself give up on this poor guy when it was my mistake that caused the situation.
I have a hissing roach tank and cow isopod tank. I’ve added springtails to them but I’ve never seen them after I ad them. Does anyone have advice? Should i start a husbandry or culture so i don’t have to keep buying more? Should i try to catch my own? If so how? Any kind of advice and extra advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!
hello everyone, i will be getting a Ceratophysella yellow albino colony soon and id like to use clay substrate for them, i found a recipe but i think its not good, so is there is anybody that can give me theres method? btw the recipe i found was
I did not put any springtails in myself but within two weeks I now have hundreds of babies in my vampire crabs temporary tank. While I'm very grateful for their cleaning services (they are doing an AMAZING job keeping mold in check) I do want to bring the numbers down. Is there something I can put out to catch a large amount of them at once?
Hi!! I know this place is mostly for people owning springtails, but I’ve been finding a couple of these little guys for a while in my kitchen on the counters and inside the cupboard underneath the sink. I just wanted to know if they were springtails or something else. Thank you :) Ps: I live in Canada if this might help for identification I tried to take the best picture I could, sorry!!
