Keep your pet's enclosure clean and healthy with help from nature's clean-up crew, Springtails! Perfect for breaking down organic matter Can help control mould and mildew Supplied as a healthy colony ready for use Why Use Springtails Springtails, are the ultimate clean-up crew! Each pack contains a healthy colony of springtails, small yet mighty creatures known for their incredible ability to break down organic matter, control mould, and keep your terrarium/vivarium clean and balanced. With their voracious appetite for decaying plant matter, mould, and mildew, springtails serve as nature's clean-up crew, helping to provide a pristine environment. Do Springtails Need Extra Food? Whilst springtails are great at surviving on the dead and decaying matter that naturally occurs as a result of your pet's day to day activities, they also benefit from occasional extra feeding from a specialist food like Custodian Fuel. Does Anything Eat Springtails? Due to their extreme small size most pet reptiles and amphibians won't eat springtails, however, they can be added as a food for small inverts and crustaceans like spiderlings and vampire crabs.