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Category Archives: Species Guides

In-depth care and species guides for every springtail culture — biology, natural habitat, vivarium compatibility, temperature ranges, and breeding tips from the team at Springtails Culture.

The Tomocerus Files (Tomocerus springtails) — Giant Iridescent Springtails Guide

Tomocerus springtails

The Tomocerus Files (Tomocerus springtails) — Everything You Need to Know About Giant Iridescent Springtails Published by Springtails Culture · New Baden, Illinois Most springtail species, when placed side by side, look essentially the same. White or pale-bodied, a millimetre or two long, invisible in substrate and anonymous in a culture container. You know they’re […]

Tropical vs Temperate Springtails — Which Do You Need?

tropical vs temperate springtails

Tropical vs Temperate Springtails — Which One Does Your Vivarium Actually Need? Published by Springtails Culture · New Baden, Illinois It is probably the most common buying question in the springtail hobby: tropical or temperate? And if you’ve tried to find a clear, definitive answer online, you’ve likely run into a wall of contradictory advice, […]

Thai Red Springtails Complete Guide — The Most Exciting Species to Enter the Hobby Since 2021 (Complete Care & Culture Guide)

Thai Red Springtails Complete Guide

Published by Springtails Culture · New Baden, Illinois Thai Red Springtails Complete Guide There are species that quietly join the hobby without much fanfare. And then there is Lobella cf. sp. “Thai Red” — a springtail so visually distinct, so behaviourally unusual, and so genuinely rare in dedicated culture that when it arrived in the hobby in […]