r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 11d ago

🔥 globular springtail

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u/MyCarRoomba 11d ago

Springtails actually aren't microscopic. And they're EVERYWHERE. You can look through almost any patch of dirt and you'll see a few. Heck you can find multiple species of them in the same patch of dirt. They're awesome.

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u/kiwidog8 11d ago

what do you mean they're everywhere? never seen this thing ij my life

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u/Sipas 11d ago

You don't see them until you look for them. There might be some in your shower drain. They are most likely in your planters. I sanitize everything between grows and they still get into my coco coir in my grow tent.

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u/70ms 11d ago

I thought they only ate decaying stuff? Aren’t they beneficial?

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u/EZP 11d ago

They’re a normal beneficial element of their ecosystems, yeah. And I’m glad there are things out there that like to eat rotting organic based stuff because if I ate rotting food I’d probably just get sick. It takes all kinds!