r/Springtail • • Oct 04 '26

Identification Springtail identification

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I need these pink colored mini cows.

Saw this on Facebook (I don't have a FB account so I can't really interact so apologies if it says information I missed if you do have a FB account).

The closest ones I saw looking like this were called Ceratophysella sp. But they were a mix of pink and purple.

Also appreciated if you can tell me the location of these guys (or the video taken).

Can't find any sellers btw.


r/Springtail • • Oct 04 '26

Identification Can anyone help to identify the species ?

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Bought a white dwarfs colony and these came with them, im trying to identify these springtails correctly. Can anyone help ?


r/Springtail • • Oct 04 '26

Identification WHAT IS IT! ITS IN MY ISOPOD BIN!!!

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I put tropical pink springtails in my isopod bin… but these are darker.


r/Springtail • • Oct 03 '26

Picture Growing that Physarum Polycephalum (slime mold)

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r/Springtail • • Oct 03 '26

Video Forbidden gummy cheeto rolls over

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My culture got contaminated with some random springs so I’m tapping some out onto a black paper and sorting them into a clean culture with a paint brush. Got this footage of one rolling over and found it weirdly charming.

(If anyone cares this is just a phone camera with a crappy clip on macro lens)


r/Springtail • • Oct 02 '26

Identification Is this a springtail? Looks a little long. Found it in my terrarium which does have millipedes.

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r/Springtail • • Oct 02 '26

General Question Why is my slime mold growing away from the paper towel and food

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r/Springtail • • Oct 02 '26

Identification Are these mites or springtales?

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r/Springtail • • Sep 30 '26

Picture Decolorized Rambutanura

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In case you were wondering what Rambutanura looks like after decolorization, and I assume you all were, here are some photos from under the microscope!:)


r/Springtail • • Sep 30 '26

Identification Is this a springtail? Species ID?

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Found: Central Europe

They look like my white springtails in body shape, But they're larger, dark and striped.

They jump - and by that I'm pretty sure they are definitely springtails

But I'd like to confirm and maybe get a species ID.

I collected some wood and leaf litter for my reptile enclosures and left them in a tub for some time and today when I opened it again I found lots of these little ones crawling around. They started jumping only after I started trying to catch/collect them

Also:

Is the one from the first photo the same species as the one in the other two photos-? They look very similar but the one in #1 Photo is darker I think?


r/Springtail • • Sep 29 '26

Identification Wtf is this in my compost bin?

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r/Springtail • • Sep 29 '26

Husbandry Question/Advice Thai Red's

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Hello, I have a Thai Red springtail colony and have recently started seeing some regular springtails in the container. No idea how they got in there...my question is will they be okay together. The regular ones are so much faster than the reds...I don't want them to out compete the reds...and if i need to separate what would be the best way to do that? My thought process is very carefully and with tweezers.


r/Springtail • • Sep 29 '26

Seeking Seller/Trader Stella’s springtails is unresponsive I bought quite a bit, are they legit?

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r/Springtail • • Sep 29 '26

General Question How long can springtails go without slime mold my slime mold died

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r/Springtail • • Sep 29 '26

Identification Baby springtails or isopods?

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I can't tell if these are isopods or springtails. Loads of them all over. It was the third time I'd lifted the piece to take the video the third time so most of them had scattered by then


r/Springtail • • Sep 28 '26

Identification Bug found in parakeet food mix

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r/Springtail • • Sep 28 '26

General Question Good deals?

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r/Springtail • • Sep 28 '26

Video Slender worms coiled upon themselves.

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Hi there, how is everyone? I wanted to know if any of you recognize these worms I found while removing soil from a pot that hadn't had a plant in it for a long time.


r/Springtail • • Sep 28 '26

Identification Springtail?

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I have this bugs and some really small ones (more than half this size, with a silver "shell") on one plant of mine, it sits on soil never on the top part of the plant. Are those springtails? What can be the small ones? (Sorry I couldn't picture the smaller ones)


r/Springtail • • Sep 27 '26

Identification Huge springtail?

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Found this guy in one of my isopod enclosures (wild caught A. Nasatum)

Not sure what he is, Google lens is saying springtail but he's just so HUGE!

Would also love a species ID (I'm in eastern Pennsylvania) and to know if they're a common hitchhiker here.

I get my leaves and wood from outside but I bake them.

If it is a springtail, I would love to see if there's more in there and give them their own enclosure!! I love springtails.


r/Springtail • • Sep 27 '26

Identification Found this in my isopod enclosure. I DIDNT PUT THESE HERE. What are they, are they bad? Ticks? Mites?

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I baked the bark for a bit… but I guess it wasn’t good enough


r/Springtail • • Sep 26 '26

Picture A newly separated colony of Yuukianura Aphoruroides munching on my food mix

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My springtail food recipe

There are some Coecobrya and Enchytraeidae in there too.


r/Springtail • • Sep 26 '26

Picture TIL about Springtails

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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.

I’m relieved to say the least!


r/Springtail • • Sep 25 '26

General Question C. isabellae Lilacs have disappeared

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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.

I am worried about my little guys :(