Little bugs everywhere!!!

[aart]

All springtails.
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Link to source, please?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Hard to ID exact species/stage....but harmless, no need to wreak annihilation.

Good to know! Thank you!

Spray everything or don't.

Well, I was going to but if they’re harmless maybe I shouldn’t? They are not on any of the birds or inside the coop.

Link to source, please?

Either way, both species are harmless, right?

 

[Kiki]

Check this out:
http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2017/3...s-snow-fleas-and-other-springtails-collembola

 

[ChickNanny13]

BUGS Reminds me of the "mites" in my CH ... I went all out with chemicals only to find out not bird mites. Doesn't bother the girls, some kind of ground/grass mite that deal with decomposing stuff (Dept of Ag). They start coming around when it's warm, wet & humid & I toss mowed grass clipping for the girls once a month. I found they collect under the food dish (molded dog dish) so every night I spray with alcohol & they die instantly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Check this out:
http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2017/3...s-snow-fleas-and-other-springtails-collembola

Thanks! Very interesting!!

BUGS Reminds me of the "mites" in my CH ... I went all out with chemicals only to find out not bird mites. Doesn't bother the girls, some kind of ground/grass mite that deal with decomposing stuff (Dept of Ag). They start coming around when it's warm, wet & humid & I toss mowed grass clipping for the girls once a month. I found they collect under the food dish (molded dog dish) so every night I spray with alcohol & they die instantly.

Thanks! Very helpful!!

 

[aart]

Either way, both species are harmless, right?

Yes......put the poison away.

Oh, and...someone else chimed into the ID group and called Globular Springtail.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes......put the poison away.

Oh, and...someone else chimed into the ID group and called Globular Springtail.

never got it out.

And thanks! Either way, they both seem fascinating and maybe good for the compost pile? So I’ll leave them.

 

[Tesumph]

Link to source, please?

https://www.bulwarkpestcontrol.com/pest-library/others/springtails

 

[Tesumph]

Yes......put the poison away.

Oh, and...someone else chimed into the ID group and called Globular Springtail.

Which is not a species, FYI. Just a classification of many species that all have a large rounded abdomen.

 

[ShrekDawg]

https://www.bulwarkpestcontrol.com/pest-library/others/springtails

Thanks! Very interesting! I note it says they’re often near water sources... coincidentally, there was a 5 gallon bucket as well as a chicken waterer that both had some water in them from rain/snow/ice melt and of course the chicken waterer in the run and lots of leaves and the chip pile. Probably prime habitat.

Which is not a species, FYI. Just a classification of many species that all have a large rounded abdomen.

That’s what this kind is, right? Or a few different kinds?