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.

There was maybe a dusting of wet dirt with no more then 20 or so springtails. I wouldn't recommend buying these from this company not worth it

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.

I did as other have mentioned, put the container in my terrarium, popped the lid, and dropped some raw rice in. I had springtails within a few days but these are all freshly hatched so they're so small you may not be able to see them.4 stars because I didn't get the care guide listed in the description and the seller just kept telling me to put rice in when I asked about it.Almost 1 year update, this culture is still going strong, I just drop some rice and rainwater in every couple months.

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

Contacted owner he said just wait they are in there their just tiny, So I fed and watered dirt for two weeks to confirm there is nothing living in this culture. Now he seems unavailable for followup. Looks like he has a isopod culture he just scoops out a small amount and ships it hoping for the best when the customer gets the dirt (culture). If you want to buy a small cup of dirt this is the deal for you! If you want living springtails not so much. Proves the old adage if something seems to good to be true it’s not true

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.

I've used numerous vendors ordering springtails over the last 3 months or so and I know the quality can need got or miss for numerous reasons. However, this was by far the most numerous amount of tails received.Sometimes you'll have to wait a couple weeks for the weeks to hatch. Given the price and reviews of the product I honestly didn't expect much for $11 but wow.. upon opening the container I was shocked to see so many adult springtails active within the soil. I'm placing another order for a couple more.