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[Swirlysnowflake]

ponerinecat, on 04 Dec 2020 - 11:16 PM, said:

Found 26 giant neanurids under a stone. mostly juveniles.

 

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They're so spiky! How large are they?

[ponerinecat]

Swirlysnowflake, on 04 Dec 2020 - 11:17 PM, said:

 

ponerinecat, on 04 Dec 2020 - 11:16 PM, said:

Found 26 giant neanurids under a stone. mostly juveniles.

 

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They're so spiky! How large are they?

 

5mm?

[ponerinecat]

Collected some .5-6 mm neelipleona, these are about as small as springtails get.

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[M_Ants]

I wish I could buy giant neanurids. They look so cool.

[ponerinecat]

M_Ants, on 05 Dec 2020 - 8:40 PM, said:

I wish I could buy giant neanurids. They look so cool.

Should be able to sell you some if they breed.

[Swirlysnowflake]

ponerinecat, on 05 Dec 2020 - 8:43 PM, said:

 

M_Ants, on 05 Dec 2020 - 8:40 PM, said:

I wish I could buy giant neanurids. They look so cool.

Should be able to sell you some if they breed.

 

If you do end up breeding/selling them, contact me as well

[M_Ants]

I could use some springtail advice. I bought one of those charcoal springtail cultures you can get at pet stores for frogs, vivariums, etc. I gave them some pieces of long grain brown rice. They don't seem to be doing good and I noticed a few dead ones. What am I doing wrong?

[ANTdrew]

Try feeding them some nutritional yeast. Make sure they have good moisture and some ventilation. Switching them to a soil set up with some leaf litter might be more natural. I’ve never done the charcoal thing.

[M_Ants]

Does active dry yeast work as well or does it need to be nutritional yeast? Also what's the difference? 

[ANTdrew]

That probably would work fine. Keep in mind that the springtails are mostly eating the mold that grows on the stuff you put in. You can find nutritional yeast at health food stores. I buy mine at Whole Foods.

[Swirlysnowflake]

Mine really like fish flakes. They swarm it when I drop it in. really cool. 

[ANTdrew]

I bet those would work great as well.

[ANTdrew]

Yo, p-cat! Can you help me ID these springtails? I collected them this summer from my compost bin and under some rocks. They are a light peachy color and get to maybe 2mm.

[ANTdrew]

Here's another species I collected in my parents' heavily forested backyard last week. They are 4mm, bluish, and have very long antennae. They are super abundant under the leaf litter.

[ponerinecat]

ANTdrew, on 09 Dec 2020 - 5:09 PM, said:

Here's another species I collected in my parents' heavily forested backyard last week. They are 4mm, bluish, and have very long antennae. They are super abundant under the leaf litter.

Tomocerus sp, they seem to be very temperature sensitive. Keep em cool.

ANTdrew, on 09 Dec 2020 - 3:35 PM, said:

Yo, p-cat! Can you help me ID these springtails? I collected them this summer from my compost bin and under some rocks. They are a light peachy color and get to maybe 2mm.

This is an odd one, Resembles Sinella?

M_Ants, on 08 Dec 2020 - 03:09 AM, said:

I could use some springtail advice. I bought one of those charcoal springtail cultures you can get at pet stores for frogs, vivariums, etc. I gave them some pieces of long grain brown rice. They don't seem to be doing good and I noticed a few dead ones. What am I doing wrong?

Try a dirt setup or a plaster dish, feed em yeast and fish food for quick growth.

[ANTdrew]

Thanks! I have them in my basement, which is in the mid 60s now. I could always keep them outside as well. I hope they can do well. I still need to find more Isotomidae.

[ponerinecat]

Collected a very large amount of Siera sp. 13.

 

[M_Ants]

How are the neanurids?

[ponerinecat]

M_Ants, on 19 Dec 2020 - 03:04 AM, said:

How are the neanurids?

If you're referring to the Morulina, they're not doing so good. I was able to feed them some slime mold, and I can see 2 of the adults feeding, but 3-4 juvies have died and they mostly stick the walls of their enclosure.

[M_Ants]

Nooooooooooo! I was really hoping they'd do good. They are my favorite.