Thai Red Springtails (Lobella sp.) culture
Thai Red Springtails colony close-up
Lobella sp. Thai Red Springtails on substrate
Thai Red Springtails (Lobella sp.) in tropical vivarium
Thai Red Springtails (Lobella sp.) culture

Thai Red Springtails (Lobella sp.) Culture

£24.00

A large, vividly red tropical springtail culture — a bold, easy-to-spot clean-up crew for tropical vivariums.

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Description

Thai Red Springtails (Lobella sp.) are a large, vividly red tropical springtail species, considerably bigger than Folsomia candida and easily visible as they move across the substrate and leaf litter. They make a bold, attractive addition to tropical bioactive vivariums while still performing all the clean-up duties of a typical springtail culture.

Each culture arrives on a charcoal-based substrate, actively breeding and ready to introduce to your enclosure or grow on as a backup culture.

What’s Included

  • An actively breeding Thai Red Springtail (Lobella sp.) culture
  • Charcoal-based culture substrate
  • Care instructions for maintaining and splitting your culture

Ideal Conditions

  • Temperature: 22-28°C
  • Humidity: High

Read our Springtail Care Guide for setup and breeding advice.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

For most vivariums a single starter culture is plenty — enough to seed roughly a 30–60cm enclosure. Springtails multiply quickly to match the available food and space, so a small culture soon becomes a self-sustaining population.

Simply tip a portion of the culture — substrate and all — onto the surface of your bioactive substrate, ideally near leaf litter or a damp, shaded area. They disperse and establish on their own within a few days.

Springtails graze on mould, fungi, decaying plant matter and leftover food. In a standalone culture you can supplement with a few grains of rice, fish flake or a small piece of mushroom.

Yes. Springtails are completely harmless to your animals and are a natural, beneficial part of a bioactive clean-up crew. Many species also eat them as a tiny supplementary food source.

Under warm, humid conditions you’ll usually see a thriving, visible population within 2–4 weeks. Keep the culture damp but not waterlogged and feed sparingly to speed things along.