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Orchesella cincta care card

Print it, fold it into a culture box or pin it by the enclosure. The values are the ones on the species page.

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The card is A6, 105 by 148 mm. On A4 paper it prints in one corner, ready to cut out. Both temperature units print on the card.

Orchesella cincta

Also sold as Belted Springtail

Identification Strongly supported

Side view drawing of Orchesella cincta, drawn from sourced body proportions. It is a drawing, not a photograph.
Food
  • Good Commercial springtail mix, Dry yeast
1
Substrate
  • Good Peat-based soil
1
Breeding
Slow
1
Difficulty
Hard
1
Suits (estimate)
Arid terrarium, Semi-arid terrarium

Not recorded yet: Size, Temperature, Air humidity.