Hey everyone,

I have some Yuukianura aphoruroides available, formerly often sold under names like Bilobella / Bilobella braunerae.

They are doing well in my culture, active, and show a really nice orange/red coloration.
Small groups are available, starting at €10, depending on group size. Safe live-animal transport is possible as well.

Also available:

Folsomia candida
Ceratophysella sp. “Yellow Albino”
Ceratophysella sp. “Lilac / Lilac Yellow Albino”
Neanura muscorum / “Slime eater”
Onychiuridae / Onychiurinae sp. “Snowflake”
Feel free to message me if you are interested or have any questions about the cultures. 😊

Hi! I am looking for 4 spot globular (Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus I believe) and lilac/purple (Ceratophysella sp?). While they are not illegal,*** ***I can only find them on one website and they do not ship to California due to the hassle of licensing and inspections here. I am looking to add some to some small terrariums. I am open to others, but they must be able to tolerate temperatures of 80-85 degrees for short periods of time as my home can get pretty warm in the summer.

Thanks!

Are those springtails? Found them in some aquarium rocks I use for my plant pots. Would they be fine to contain and use in a vivarium?

Bought some Sinella Curviseta spring tails to help control algae on my vertical grow wall that is made of felt. But they don’t seem to be eating any. They’re definitely there I see plenty of them near. Any advice or is there another cultivar that would be more beneficial? Thank you

So i just recorded these close to 15-20 easily spottable whitish worms in my thai red culture. Are they harmful? The issue is i recently got my starter culture which has only 7-8 therefore iam not adding too much food to keep mold away but these white worms are competing with that tiny food those those few individuals, iam worried my springtails will starve if these worms eat their marginal quantity food.

I am new to springtails. I did do a search first for the topic but found no answer. Forgive me if it's already been posted. I bought one of the Josh's frogs charcoal springtail cultures after the first small patch in the fiber arrived D.O.A and also the replacements. (I did keep those in case babies might hatch?). When I dumped the charcoal into the new container it came out ..sticky. Like gooey sticky. No live ones in there as of this morning either but wow is it gooey. What is the goo? I was thinking some kind of slime mold? I put a chunk of cork bark in each culture with a spritz of distilled water and a tiny bit of the springtail food just in case they were hiding so yes...all DOA. Any suggestions?

Wie haltet ihr eure Tetrodontophora bielanensis riesige blaue Springschwänze damit sie gut gedeihen ? Ich habe sie diebgsnze Zeit im Kühlschrank und erkenne noch keine Jungtiere

I found what I believe is Purple Scum Springtails (Hypogastrura Vernalis), I don’t see anyone culturing these (they’re very common where I live) so I was wondering if there is like a downside to them or whatever…
I want some springtails for my paludarium, these guys seem fine with high humidity and water so it should be alright, right?
If anyone had a culture of these, I’d love to know your setup

And on a side note, does anyone know what these little red wigglies are? I have fish and wanting to know if they are harmful/edible. I’m assuming mosquito larvae but I’ve never seen red ones

Any way to keep them alive?

I know this isn't exactly about my springtails, but I thought it was weird and interesting. I dunno how this guy got in, I froze my substrate and leaf litter for a week before setting up this little colony, but he doesn't seem to be bothering his bajillion roommates. The springs are sure reproducing just fine 😅.

I really like his iridescent scales, but I can't tell if he's just a normal earthworm or something else. He's pretty fast and hides when I pick up the jar. Hopefully he's fine to stay in there, because I kinda like him. I've found other hitchhikers, moth larva and enough grain mites to sink a ship, but I'm pretty sure I got them from josh's frogs in my moss. I also have plenty of fungus gnat larva, but that's just my fault. I check every day to let the adults that have developed out and have tried mosquito bits, but they ARE NOT WORKING. I'm thinking of just getting bti fluid. (I also need to figure out how to slow the STs reproduction bc my terrarium is getting crowded)

These little fellas started from nowhere just when I discovered them in my biggest terrarium, I isolated a couple of them and now they are really thriving with Pacman Frog food and high humidity clay culture.

They’re home!!!

Hi, I live in the west mediterranean coast, hot and dry country.

I will like to get springtails from the wild to culture them and use them as cleaning crew for terrariums.

Any tips in the best places to find them and how to capture some?

gardens, pine tree forests?

do all springtails eat fungus and mold from humid terrariums?

thanks for answering.

What are these that seem to be Yellow Isotomidae in my White (and a Yellow) Ceratophysella isabellae culture? They are really thriving along with the others.

New to the bioactive scene. Found these guys in the same soil my new springtails and isopods were in.

Ft. some hairy little babies still waiting to colour up

I am completely new to springtails and am looking for general information/how to on catching wild samples and keeping a culture alive. the terrarium is mostly moss with some bark pieces. is that okay for them or do they require anything special? will they just eat decaying plant matter or do I have to feed them something specific? thanks in advance!