Live Established Springtail Culture (Tropical Springtails) (8oz Culture)

Little beasties arrived safety and active. There were so many little guys. Thank you so much for.

Product came with two little clumps of dirts and a few springtails on the side not moving

There was a HEFTY amount of springtails. Perfect for the size of my terrarium. I searched all my local stores and it’s a rarity for them to be in stock and you never find them in quantity. Will order again if I ever need to restock.

At first I didn't see them as they were smaller than the ones I have bought before from Dirt Daddy in person. They are a different species though. They were about the size of fleas. I added them to my tank!

To make them last longer keep them in your refrigerator door(temperature isn’t too cold there).

As so many others have reported. No springtails. I put rice in the substrate and waited a couple of weeks, but no signs of life. Please don't waste your time with this seller!

I gave it 3 stars because the contents of the package were really "sloppy", and inadequate. To explain, the culture was supplied in what looked to be a very nice 8-ounce clear plastic ointment jar, with a black plastic screw lid that had an inner seal (very secure). All was good in the containment department, but the contents were quite disappointing. All I received was a very tiny blob of "mud-slime-dirt" with much water, it looked nasty. The amount of mud supplied was minuscule and did not even cover the floor of the jar, the majority of the space in the jar was air. Initially, I saw some white things on the tiny culture blob, however I did not see anything moving. I thought nothing was alive, but I did see some movement when I approached with tweezers to examine the small mass of wet mud. So I must assume that I did receive live springtails, but if there were any adults, they were not seen, I only saw very tiny bugs. There were at most a few dozen visible, it is highly unlikely that there were the 100's of live springtails that were promised, but there is no way to know. A far better packaging method would be to keep the same jar, but fill it with moist sphagnum moss, before putting the inoculant culture blob in the center. This will better cushion the critters and also assist with their transfer into their new home. I was disappointed by what was in the jar. I also did not receive a care guide, but that was not an issue for me. These guys are REALLY tiny, the picture above is magnified a lot. All the springtails shown in that shot could be covered with a dime.

Most importantly, the bugs came alive and well! They were well packaged and arrived early. I waited to order until the weather cooled down as I read that hot temps could affect the health of the buggies. Perfect for the bioactive environment I was aiming for with my grey tree frogs. I would order again in the future!