Live Springtails, (16 oz Breeding Culture), for Amphibian/Reptile/Invertebrate Bioactive Habitats, by Critters Direct

Arrived earlier than expected and very much alive. Very pleased.

I ordered the springtails in seeding culture. They arrived quickly, in good health, and I've been able to keep them populating by adding a tiny sprinkle of food and keeping the culture slightly moist. I just poked holes in the top of the shipping container and move some into a vivarium as needed. My population has probably tripled since purchase a few months ago.

Never ending springtails! They do a great job as the clean up crew and keep breeding in the container. I put one fish flake in each week or week and a half and add dechlorinated water each time I pour more spring tails in.Great buy

A+ worth every penny. The can well packaged and alive, would buy again.

The media could not be loaded. I’m disappointed…No live springtails inside. I waited a little over a week to receive them but there’s little substrate inside with no springtails moving.😞

The media could not be loaded. Update: *SUPER* happy with amount I've seen after just a few weeks. See video I added. I currently see many sizes/generations walking around. My growth spurt happened after giving them a dash of Morning Wood on one corner, then a dash of SuperLoad on the other + setting them next to the heat lamp I keep over my Dubia colony daily. I've already used this to seed my Dubia colony of 100 adults + offspring, plus my American Toads (who stopped eating their shed hence my need for bio-janitors). Very happy customer!-----------------------Second time I've ordered from CD and, so far, am happy. But will address what others might be curious about before buying - because I was.Box was delivered direct to my door because, after I chatted up my mail lady, she now realizes I'm buying live insects. I do wish though the seller would include a bright "Live Animals", "Live insects that won't hurt you" or "Hey, we're alive in here! Please deliver direct to door" sticker other sellers use.Springtails need 24 hours to "de-gas" and awaken a bit upon arrival. I did this shortly after they arrived. I previously bought just an 8 Oz culture and after a month, I'd say I have enough to control about half the skin shed & biological messes left by my 2 adult American Toads. I'm not sure if it was from that culture, or not, but I did suddenly get fungus gnats in a 2 year old gnat-free terrarium less than 2 weeks after introducing that 8 ounce culture. I believe it was from there, but that's life with animals. To overcome the gnats, plus provide enough springtails to my frogs' terrarium + my dubia roach breeding colony, I went ahead and ordered again but on charcoal this time.I'll admit, I wasn't super-impressed with the size of the container [online picture looks *much* larger] nor the number that arrived alive & walking..... however I know you're actually buying the unseen eggs and future generations. So I didn't remove any stars for this.I feel it's only fair to give the seller 5 stars for fast service + what I believe at this time to be a healthy future colony. I will edit my stars and review in the next month or so should the colony not propagate. I don't forsee that happening though.

I saw a total of three spring tails, one was dead, there might have been more but I didnt see any, very disappointed.Update: the seller sent me new springtails, without charge. These ones were alive and well!

Arrived within a few days. I was honestly surprised how many came in a container and split them up as soon as I could. It was well packed with insulating bubble wrap and a heat pack. I will absolutely be a returning customer.