Springtails Culture, Tropical Temperate

Description

Springtails (Folsomia candida) are microfauna that breakdown dead plants, leaves, organic waste, and mold. They are great cleaners for terrariums and vivariums. Our Springtail cultures arrive in a soft soil, ready to seed your terrarium/vivarium. We ship in soft coconut coir soil to help protect Springtails from temperature swings and movement during transit. To use your culture, simply mix the inoculated soil directly into your substrate and keep hydrated. Our Temperate/Tropical Springtail culture will thrive in most terrarium/vivarium environments.

Due to their extremely small size, it is difficult to count Springtails. Each order has about 2-4 oz of soil, containing a minimum of 30-50 Springtails.

Additional details about our Springtails

Our springtails have an unpigmented, slender body less than 3 mm (0.1 in) in length. The globular white eggs take about one week to hatch at 21 °C (70 °F) and three weeks to reach maturity. Development takes longer at lower temperatures. They may live for 110 to 240 days, depending on the temperature and food availability. Each may lay about a thousand eggs. Colonies will grow or decrease in number according to the amount of food available, among other conditions.