Zebra Springtails
Culture cup Size: 12oz
Springtail size Size: 1-4mm
Culture Containing: 18-20 Zebra Springtails
Diet: TC Springtail Feed < Click to Purchase
Availability
Zebra Springtails are exclusively bred here in-house at TC INSECTS. This Springtail is completely new to the hobby and highly sought after. Be one of the first to keep this amazing morph and reserve your spot today with a preorder.
Description
Starter Colonies will be shipped out in order, so the first to reserve is the first to receive. Each Starter colony will contain 18-20 mixed-sized springtails. Limit of 4 starter colonies per customer.
Zebra Springtails have no live guarantee, in shipping or after purchase. It is highly recommending to only use overnight shipping.
No profits will be taken from sales and 100% of funds from this listing will be put back into the Springtail Laboratory. Fueling the discovery of new species and methods of culturing. We thank you for your support of our efforts in this emerging hobby with few resources.
Zebra Springtail Overview
TC INSECTS is the original and only company to have the Zebra Springtails for sale to the public. This species was discovered by our head biologist Tommy Matranga. Who is pioneering new ways to culture springtails and bringing rare species into the hobby. His interest in exotic springtails, was ignited by seeing a sexually dimorphic red and white springtail species, from South America that looked similar to Zebra. Unfortunately, that culture crashed. Sometime later this black-bodied white striped springtail was discovered, the species was given the common name “Zebra” and released to the public.
This long road with limited information on care, if any at all. The Zebra Springtail is extremely prolific, however unforgiving. Give this species the wrong care and the culture will crash in a short amount of time. All of the factors are not completely understood, but breakthroughs are being made.
Shipping
If your temps are below 45 or above 85 you must HOLD FOR PICK UP which can be added from the shipping add ons below. Orders not held for pick-up in extreme temperatures will be canceled. One Day shipping is recommended for this species.
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⚠️⚠️WARNING⚠️⚠️
TC INSECTS is the first to discover and publicly offer Zebra Springtails. This species is currently unidentified to the best of our knowledge. Since the release of Zebras Springtails, they have become very popular. TC INSECTS stopped selling the Zebra springtail to grow colonies and further test this species’ care. Since that time other sellers have started renaming already discovered species to “Zebra Springtails” in order to collect on the hype and fool buyers. Here are two examples:
Willowsia platani “Banded Springtail” Discovered by H. Nicolet in 1842
Orchesella hexfasciata “6 Banded Springtail” discovered in Canada & named by: C. Harvey, in 1951. Discovered in USA, New Hampshire by: Tom Murray in 2006.
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