[JeremyHuff]

Hi All,

I have started culturing a large selection of foods and I want to get the genera names for the various spring and isopod varieties available. I assume none have been identified to species level and that even the genera names are likely suspect, but if I could at least get the names they are going by in the hobby.

Please add addition varieties in culture if they aren't in my list.

Thanks

Tropical White Sprintails
Tropical Pink Springtails
Temperate White Springtails
Tropical Black Springtails
Micro Springtails
Blue Springtails
Dwarf White Isopods
Dwarf Striped Isopods
Costa Rican Purple Isopods
Spanish Orange Isopods
Giant Canyon Isopods

 

[earthfrog]

Are the tropical black springtails the same as the tomocerus ones?

 

[JeremyHuff]

Yes, Tomocerus was actually the only genera name I had.

 

[frogmanchu]

dwarf grey isos
giant grey isos

 

[earthfrog]

I think Sinella is where you should start for the springtails.

 

[edwardsatc]

Most of the temperate springtails out there are Folsomia candida. I have positively ID'd these (at least the ones I have) as we use them quite frequently in soil toxicity assays.

 

[JeremyHuff]

I think Sinella is where you should start for the springtails.

Which was are sinella?

 

[Mitch]

They call them pink sometimes

 

[frogparty]

Sinella curviseta are the other commonly available white springtails, in addition to Folsomia candida

 

[Tony]

I have seen tropical pinks and whites identified as Sinella sp., temperate blacks as Tomocerus sp., and spanish orange isopods as Porcellio sp.

 

[Michael Shrom]

Porcellio laevis