Tropical Pink Springtails
Coecobrya sp.
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Springtails
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Overview
Adult Length
1 – 2 mm (tiny hexapods)
Venom
Non-venomous and completely harmless. A microfauna cleanup-crew species with no bite, sting or defensive chemistry.
In the Wild
Habitat
Native to Thailand, recorded at Hup Pa Tat in Uthai Thani province - a humid limestone valley forest. Lives in warm, damp leaf litter, soil and decaying wood, grazing mould and detritus as a natural clean-up crew.
Wild Diet
Detritivore/fungivore — grazes mould, mildew, biofilm, decaying plant matter and fungal hyphae.
Captive Care
Temperature
20 – 28 °C ambient — thrives at typical room/terrarium temperatures
Humidity
90 – 100 % within the culture. Keep substrate damp; they need constant moisture and will crash if it dries out.
UV Requirements
None required.
Feeding
Spray of brewer's/baker's yeast, rice grains or commercial springtail food; in bioactive set-ups they self-sustain on mould and detritus.
Enclosure
Cultured on damp charcoal or moist substrate in a ventilated deli cup/tub; multiply explosively. Used to seed bioactive enclosures alongside isopods.
Temperament
Harmless, non-defensive microfauna. Not a handling animal — a functional clean-up colony.
Distribution in Thailand