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[Antsy]

Any ya’ll have info on keeping glow worms and spring tails

[AnthonyP163]

I've never kept glow worms, but I keep a TON of species of springtails in all sorts of setups and such. 

 

I bought some Folsomia candida from ebay for a start, but then I started catching wild species of springtails, which I have not yet identifed. I find that the ones I got off of ebay are much less compatible with ants, as they are slow and don't react as fast. However, in my large vivarium in my Terrariums and Plants journal, there's dozens in a small fold created by leaves. they're definitely one of the fastest growing in the hobby. I have also kept silver springtails, globular springtails, and blue springtails (These are all about a dozen different species). The wild species I have seem to do better in a soil setup, unlike Folsomia candida which thrive in the charcoal-water setup.

 

The charcoal setup is a few small pieces of charcoal in a container, with the water filled up about halfway. Use distilled water. You can feed them rice and mold, or anything decomposing, really. Sometimes I throw in dead leaves and they eat it. I usually feed mine rice, and when they need more I'll throw more in there. I check on mine daily, and make sure they have enough air and water. 

 

You can find springtails pretty much anywhere. Grass, forests, under rocks. I read a paper that said there's an estimated 10,000 springtails per square meter. 

 

Good luck.

[Antsy]

I’ve had my harvester ants for a while and in the moist part of their habitat small whit springtails have just came out of nowhere