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This culture contains 30+ live Florida Orange Springtails (Yuukianura aphoruroides/ Neanura growae)!
BioActive vivarium enthusiasts are learning about these beautiful creatures which are the new "must haves" for their clean-up crew.
Their orange color is captured well in my photos as seen by the naked eye, they are just that stunning.
These springtails consume the same decomposing matter the white ones do, however, they behave a bit differently.
Florida Orange Springtails don't jump, but rather stay on the ground and maybe fall off a dirt mound if they want to flee quickly.
Care:
I keep mine in a tub with holes for ventilation at an ambient temperature of around 78F-82F and have learned they like gradient levels of moisture inside their enclosure.
The springtails became prolific when I used a small glass dish in the center of their substrate (BioDude Terra Sahara and coco core).
I filled the dish loosely with sphagnum moss so it sprawled out of the dish and onto the substrate.
This creates a "ladder" for the springtails to enter and exit the dish
Wet that area liberally but do not leave standing water in the dish.
Favorite food is fish flakes.
Do not add too many or the flakes can mold before they can be eaten.
These springtails will climb the walls of the tub if condensation gathers so keep the humidity under control.
Check them daily.
Be sure they are eating.
Be sure to gently spray the moss with water with a mister.
***SHIPS ON MONDAY MORNINGS ONLY***
USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Box Rate 1-4 days shipping
Packaging includes heat pack during winter months or cold packs for hot summer days.
Shipped in a re-usable 2" insect terrarium.
Terrarium will contain more than 30 springtails to ensure customers receive at least 30 live springtails upon arrival.
Please do not leave springtails in your mailbox and be available to receive your package.
This culture contains 30+ live Florida Orange Springtails (Yuukianura aphoruroides/ Neanura growae)!
BioActive vivarium enthusiasts are learning about these beautiful creatures which are the new "must haves" for their clean-up crew.
Their orange color is captured well in my photos as seen by the naked eye, they are just that stunning.
These springtails consume the same decomposing matter the white ones do, however, they behave a bit differently.
Florida Orange Springtails don't jump, but rather stay on the ground and maybe fall off a dirt mound if they want to flee quickly.
Care:
I keep mine in a tub with holes for ventilation at an ambient temperature of around 78F-82F and have learned they like gradient levels of moisture inside their enclosure.
The springtails became prolific when I used a small glass dish in the center of their substrate (BioDude Terra Sahara and coco core).
I filled the dish loosely with sphagnum moss so it sprawled out of the dish and onto the substrate.
This creates a "ladder" for the springtails to enter and exit the dish
Wet that area liberally but do not leave standing water in the dish.
Favorite food is fish flakes.
Do not add too many or the flakes can mold before they can be eaten.
These springtails will climb the walls of the tub if condensation gathers so keep the humidity under control.
Check them daily.
Be sure they are eating.
Be sure to gently spray the moss with water with a mister.
***SHIPS ON MONDAY MORNINGS ONLY***
USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Box Rate 1-4 days shipping
Packaging includes heat pack during winter months or cold packs for hot summer days.
Shipped in a re-usable 2" insect terrarium.
Terrarium will contain more than 30 springtails to ensure customers receive at least 30 live springtails upon arrival.
Please do not leave springtails in your mailbox and be available to receive your package.