A tiny speck on a bathroom floor can disappear the instant you try to touch it. It may look as though it flew away, but springtails have a much stranger […]

Seeing a tiny black speck jump across a sink might make you picture every springtail as black. Then you look in a plant pot and find something almost white doing […]

Springtails are generally good for your garden. Most live in soil, leaf litter, mulch and compost, where they feed on fungi, bacteria, algae and decaying organic material. Their activity contributes […]

Seeing springtails moving around at night can make them look like classic nocturnal pests. Their actual activity is more complicated. Springtails are not universally nocturnal. Different species can be active […]

A pest control company can kill large numbers of springtails without necessarily solving why they are there. Yes, pest control can get rid of springtails, but lasting control often depends […]

A springtail problem can disappear so completely that it feels finished. The bathroom dries out, the basement floor stays clear, or the mass of tiny jumpers along the foundation vanishes. […]

Springtail eggs are easy to overlook even when you know where to search. They are far smaller than the already tiny adults, and their usual location in damp soil makes […]

Bleach is an easy product to reach for when tiny springtails are hopping around a sink, tub, or basement floor. It is also the wrong product to build a springtail […]

The obvious answer would be peppermint, cedar, eucalyptus, lavender, or another sharp scent people commonly use against household pests. Springtails do not give us such a convenient answer. Their response […]

For something small enough to look like a moving speck, a springtail can live surprisingly long. There is no single lifespan that applies to the thousands of springtail species, though. […]