dubia colony update and spring tails invade

missinasworld

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So it has been many months since I posted about large die offs in my dubia colony. I made a lot of changes and my colony is booming! I have had a few healthy adult roaches die off recently but I attribute this to the super cold weather.
My colony, however, seems to have become infested with what I believe are spring tails. Should I be worried? is there anyway to get rid of them because there are millions of them. I tried feeding them to my ground skinks but they are even to small for them. I included some photos of the colony and of the little white critters.
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in the above photo, those patching on the more moist side that look white, those are millions of the little things I think are spring tails.
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Airedale

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I personally don't think springtails would be a problem. If anything, I think they would help to clean up some debris, frass, dead roaches, etc. I am not an expert though, so wait for another opinion.
 

hexentanz

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The springtails should not pose a problem, however if you are noticing less breeding after a bit you may want to scoop some out. Whenever I have too many I add them to houseplants.
 
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