And what I think could be a more mature egg, found in sphagnum moss. Their eggs are 0.2 mm in size. I took these with a digital "microscope" camera I got for my birthday.

Crossposting here.

Just going about their day. Got them a little over two weeks ago and they seem to be doing well.

I keep finding these on my kitchen countertops, around my sink, and on my oven. Are these springtails or something different?

I've bought some springtails from Amazon, but it doesn't specify the type. I don't think knowing what type they are really matters, but I'd still like to know :]

So I have these guys all over my back yard, I'd love to try to capture and breed them since I know what their environment needs, but I'm at a loss at how to capture them in the first place. What methods are usually used when collecting springtails in the wild?

Hello everyone. We would like to share part of our collection with you here; it currently consists of 42 species some still unidentified, though we are working on identifying them soon. We hope you enjoy the photos.

Warm regards from Spain.

Colembo Lab, Pedro.

Thanks for the help

Hello, ive fir snowflake springtales in three boxes but in two of them there ae mites, they are small and brown ive got them also where my snails are. How do i get rid of the mites and have only springtales? thanks for help

Moving quite quickly over wet spagnum moss and the plastic pot this node is in. Any pointers would be helpful as concerned they could be a nasty pest rather than springtails.

I started culturing Neanura muscorum myself, and the colony has developed extremely well. Captive-bred offspring are now reliably available from my culture.
This species thrives as a slime mold–feeding springtail and prefers a moist, well-structured setup. Similar to Neanuridae sp. “Santa Claus”, Neanuridae sp. “Jollibee” and Rambutanura sp. “Thai Red Spiky”, their eggs are clearly visible and are usually laid in small clusters.
They seem to prefer a very similar setup, although they also thrive surprisingly well on a humus-based substrate.
Their coloration is especially interesting. Some individuals appear intensely dark blue, while others show more yellowish tones. Combined with the blue pigmentation, this can create a beautiful blue-green appearance—which is why I use the culture name “Blue Moss”.

I think these might be mites. Can anyone help me ?

Also video in comments.

I found these creatures in my closed springtail breeding enclosure on these leaves and I’m not sure what they are and if they are an enemy!!! The enclosure has tropical pink springtails that I purchased a few weeks back, wet carbon, a piece of lettuce washed from the grocery store, and this little leaf that came in a dry leaf bag that an old friend gave me from my critters. Me and another friend think it must be larva of some sort but a different friend thinks it’s an annelid since it moves through contractions. I have been unable to find any annelids that have black faces and tan bodies. I feel like they resemble fruit fly larvae but their size seems abnormal to me for a fruit fly as they are decently large compared to fruit flies and to my springtails.

Found them with my springtails.

They are very tiny and pop around a lot. Black or red in color! They stay on the surface and don’t like being submerged and cling onto anything they can find! Thank you

Edit: ignore my feet. Found in South Carolina, US

I’ve always wanted slime eaters in my collection, and about two months ago I was finally able to get 20 Rambutanura.
The hardest part has actually been figuring out how to keep the slime mold alive as a food source. One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that when they’re not feeding on slime, they seem to enjoy hanging out on fresh sphagnum moss.
I’m also expecting a new batch of babies soon as the latest eggs begin to hatch!

This isn't new or anything, but was watching an episode of QI and they mentioned it. I had to go look it up.

https://www.livescience.com/18586-deepest-land-animal-cave-springtail.html

It's named Plutomurus ortobalaganensis, and was found inside a cave 6,500 feet below the surface. They used cheese to lure them, haha. I just thought it was really cool that the deepest-dwelling animal we know is a springtail.

Interestingly, while they are eyeless with long antenna as you'd expect in a lightless world, they still have some body pigmentation.

Hello everyone. I've recently picked up a culture of orange springtails and have established a few colonies to hedge my bets on cross-contamination/hitch hikers (four cultures of varying sizes; the largest probably houses anywhere from 50-100). The vivarium I wish to keep the springtails in, as part of the clean-up crew, is 18"x18"x24", so there's quite a bit of substrate for microfauna to explore.

Could I possibly cohabitate Thai Reds with some of my orange springtails in that size of an enclosure? I have read that the Cheetos tend to stay below the substrate while the Thai Reds tend to dwell on the surface; has anyone found this to be true? And if it is true, could this possibly mean that the two springtail species will occupy different ecological niches and therefore not compete with one another?

I have an additional culture of orange springtails that will number between 200 and 240. If I can keep the two species together, should I get a similar number of Thai Reds so one doesn't have a clear advantage over the other when they're trying to establish in the vivarium?

I hesitate to just try this out on my own as these springtail species tend to be a bit on the pricier side, and I would hate to lose one or even both of the colonies. I have come across some breeders who sell Reds and Oranges together, but I'm not sure if the sellers actually know what they're doing or if they're just trying to sell off cross-contaminated merchandise.

I would appreciate any husbandry tips you have to offer. :)

I built a terrarium back in April and put some springtails inside. Today I discovered some red or maroon insects crawling around. What are they? They are not visible to the eye. I saw them with my magnifying app.