I'm currently working on a few projects alongside collembologists, and because of that most of my collection was properly identified. This has led to many ID updates, some with widespread implications. In this post I'll be explaining the changes and some of the implications. For the full list of updates over time see this post: https://www.springtails.us/post/springtail-identification-and-common-name-resource Below is the list of species with ID changes. The name that I was s

My name is Ryne and I’m the founder of Springtails US. I’m 22 years old, Catholic, the father of an amazing little boy, and the fiancé of the beautiful stay at home mother of my child. I live in Illinois. I opened Springtails US in 2022 and still run it entirely by myself. I became fascinated with springtails while making YouTube videos on ecospheres. The ecospheres I created were self sustaining sealed ecosystems created entirely from the plants and materials I could find in

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I will try to update this resource continuously as new species enter the hobby and new identifications/common name changes arise. There are two categories for name changes right now: "Scientific name changes" and "Species plus common name changes." After these categories is a list of species in hobbyist culture with their most up to date info and a list of all names they go under. Scientific name changes: "Orange Springtails" Bilobella braunerae --> Protanura sp --> Yuukianur

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