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Which springtails species should I get

Started By Vanko , Apr 5 2017 1:23 AM

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#1 Offline Vanko - Posted April 5 2017 - 1:23 AM

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I want to buy a springtails but I saw there were different species of them. So which species should I buy?

Edited by dspdrew, April 5 2017 - 6:10 AM.
Fixed misspellings in title and body

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#2 Offline Salmon - Posted April 5 2017 - 5:01 AM

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I would look for springtails in a wild ant nest and use those.

#3 Offline Vanko - Posted April 5 2017 - 12:58 PM

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Hmm, I found a rock, under which there was a colony and it had been full with springtails. Should I collect these spring tails or you are telling me to dig one colony (it was small) for the good of a hundred others ?

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