Aaaand we're back with cricket colony M.2.0 because M.1.? failed weeks ago due to overpopulation of dermestid beetles. This time no beetles, but hopefully isopods and springtails to help keep things a bit cleaner. Dermestids were great at cleaning up dead crickets... and everything else....
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Aaaand we're back with cricket colony M.2.0 because M.1.? failed weeks ago due to overpopulation of dermestid beetles. This time no beetles, but hopefully isopods and springtails to help keep things a bit cleaner. Dermestids were great at cleaning up dead crickets... and everything else....
i want a big culture of springtails
a lot of little guy friends
a lot of little guy friends
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
i want a big culture of springtails
a lot of little guy friends
a lot of little guy friends
Jeez any pot in my garden has more springtails than you can shake a stick at🤣
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Jeez any pot in my garden has more springtails than you can shake a stick at🤣
Huge numbers of smuggled isopods and springtails too, some of the recent springtail colonists in Ireland are thought to have arrived from the terrarium trade
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Huge numbers of smuggled isopods and springtails too, some of the recent springtail colonists in Ireland are thought to have arrived from the terrarium trade
tbf springtails have access to a type of locomotion even salticids cannot equal?!??!?!!!?
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
tbf springtails have access to a type of locomotion even salticids cannot equal?!??!?!!!?
☕ Web Chick Update
New research on springtails reducing weed emergence through soil health.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com/2025/11/spri...
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
New research on springtails reducing weed emergence through soil health.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com/2025/11/spri...
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
Springtails Suppress Weeds
Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
☕ Web Chick Update
New research on springtails reducing weed emergence through soil health.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com/2025/11/spri...
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
New research on springtails reducing weed emergence through soil health.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com/2025/11/spri...
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
☕ Web Chick Update
Springtails and soil health
— new research on natural weed suppression.
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
Springtails and soil health
— new research on natural weed suppression.
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
Springtails Suppress Weeds
Soil Education, Consulting, Cover Crop Seed & Equipment Sales, Grant Writing, Prairie Restoration.
blog.hoormansoilhealth.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
☕ Web Chick Update
Springtails and soil health
— new research on natural weed suppression.
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
Springtails and soil health
— new research on natural weed suppression.
#SoilHealth #RegenerativeAg #WeedManagement
SNAIL RIDES
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
SNAIL RIDES
New Zefrank video just dropped! This one is about water striders, springtails and other critters that walk on the surface of water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxH2OK8ZkI0
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New Zefrank video just dropped! This one is about water striders, springtails and other critters that walk on the surface of water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxH2OK8ZkI0
New isopod setup! My partner got me a party pack from Josh's Frogs and I added in some dairy cow variety from my lizard's tank along with some springtails culture. I've wanted an isopod tank like this for a while now! They're so cute to watch when they're out.
#bugmom #isopods #bioactivesetup
#bugmom #isopods #bioactivesetup
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New isopod setup! My partner got me a party pack from Josh's Frogs and I added in some dairy cow variety from my lizard's tank along with some springtails culture. I've wanted an isopod tank like this for a while now! They're so cute to watch when they're out.
#bugmom #isopods #bioactivesetup
#bugmom #isopods #bioactivesetup
Also, fun fact, neither of these are insects! Isopods are crustaceans which come in both terrestrial and aquatic varieties, while the ancestors of springtails diverged from other hexapods approx. 400 million years ago; one branch became bristle/springtails, the other branch became ALL other insects!
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Also, fun fact, neither of these are insects! Isopods are crustaceans which come in both terrestrial and aquatic varieties, while the ancestors of springtails diverged from other hexapods approx. 400 million years ago; one branch became bristle/springtails, the other branch became ALL other insects!
Finally got some isopods and springtails! T. tomentosa "Dwarf White" and Collembola sp. "Tropical White". Currently enjoying cucumber slices and oak litter while I prep colony bins. These tiny fellas will be the backbone of my tree frog enclosure!
#bioactive #terrarium #vivarium #isopod #springtail
#bioactive #terrarium #vivarium #isopod #springtail
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Finally got some isopods and springtails! T. tomentosa "Dwarf White" and Collembola sp. "Tropical White". Currently enjoying cucumber slices and oak litter while I prep colony bins. These tiny fellas will be the backbone of my tree frog enclosure!
#bioactive #terrarium #vivarium #isopod #springtail
#bioactive #terrarium #vivarium #isopod #springtail
Those are springtails and are good for the compost! They help break stuff down.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Those are springtails and are good for the compost! They help break stuff down.
Aquatic springtails:3
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Aquatic springtails:3
Jokes on him, I'm leaving it there where he dumped it because it will get worked into his substrate and help provide nutrients for the springtails and isopods
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jokes on him, I'm leaving it there where he dumped it because it will get worked into his substrate and help provide nutrients for the springtails and isopods
Sure. There are four common levels:
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sure. There are four common levels:
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
Megafauna (>20 mm): moles etc.
Macrofauna (2–20 mm): e.g. earthworms
Mesofauna (0.2–2 mm): basically, whatever you can just see (e.g. mites or springtails)
Microfauna (<0.2 mm): even smaller organisms, e.g. ciliates or many nematodes
The springtails are also quite interesting!
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The springtails are also quite interesting!
A selection of globular springtails found under fallen leaves on our garden lawn this morning. A Dicyrtomina species at the bottom and Sminthurinus aureus (dark form) and S. elegans at the top. #collembola #mesofauna #Staffs #macro #photography
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A selection of globular springtails found under fallen leaves on our garden lawn this morning. A Dicyrtomina species at the bottom and Sminthurinus aureus (dark form) and S. elegans at the top. #collembola #mesofauna #Staffs #macro #photography
The first ever discovery of 𝐿𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑎 springtails in China has revealed four new species.
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/07/f...
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/07/f...
First ever discovery of Lepidosira springtails in China reveals four new species
The tiny arthropods were found in Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, a biodiversity hotspot.
blog.pensoft.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The first ever discovery of 𝐿𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑎 springtails in China has revealed four new species.
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/07/f...
Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/07/f...
((Different marine springtails))
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
((Different marine springtails))
(I've seen marine springtails several times, mentioned in your other post)
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
(I've seen marine springtails several times, mentioned in your other post)
I love lichen and repeatedly drop windfall sticks covered with it into my terrarium. It always disappears. The only fauna in there are springtails and a few rogue worms, I suppose they’re scoffing it all.
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I love lichen and repeatedly drop windfall sticks covered with it into my terrarium. It always disappears. The only fauna in there are springtails and a few rogue worms, I suppose they’re scoffing it all.
I am think these are Paratheuma insulana and they feed on tiny springtails that also live on the oyster.
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I am think these are Paratheuma insulana and they feed on tiny springtails that also live on the oyster.