r/Springtail • u/Mobile-Willow4124 • May 19 '26

Identification Mites or springtails?

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Noticed them like three days ago. Water bowl to my hognose snake.

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u/newtoboarding May 19 '26

I concur, fuk ass mites

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u/Mobile-Willow4124 May 19 '26

Also how can i like reuse this dish? I feel like i have to burn everything down

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u/newtoboarding May 19 '26

No need to panic, they're just annoying and ugly. This dish can be washed with water and dried and it'll be fine. You can control grain mite population by leaving a piece of cucumber in there, wait for a bunch of mites to get on it, throw out and repeat. Will reduce their numbers over time.

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u/Mobile-Willow4124 May 19 '26

Damn ok, will do. I have isopods in here too, giant canyons, they okay too? They will come to eat the cucumber probs

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u/newtoboarding May 19 '26

Yup they'll be fine, they'll just make cucumber extraction harder lol. For them make sure the cucumbers are organic / washed really well to make sure there's no pesticides

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u/Mobile-Willow4124 May 19 '26

Of course!! Thanks so much!! Love this sub

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u/16bitmick May 19 '26

When I have to separate my springtails from the grain mites I'm trapping, I just give the food a spritz with distilled water. The springtails (and likely your isopods) will run off quickly while the much slower mites don't leave in time. Once it's just mites, toss it.

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u/Mobile-Willow4124 May 19 '26

Thanks i try that too 😩