[
  {
    "id": "calc-enclosure-density",
    "title": "How many springtails does a settled enclosure hold?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The seeding calculator needs a target population for an enclosure. The site assumes half an animal for every square centimetre of floor. No count of a settled enclosure is on record.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Counts of springtails per area in enclosures of known age, substrate and inhabitants.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how many springtails do i need for a terrarium",
      "how many springtails to add to a vivarium",
      "how many springtails per gallon"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "calc-reseed-schedule",
    "title": "How often does an enclosure need more springtails?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The calculators assume an enclosure where nothing eats the springtails needs a top-up every 26 weeks, shortened by a factor for each animal, and that each top-up is half the first seeding. These are conventions and not records.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Records of when and how many springtails keepers added to enclosures with known inhabitants, and what they counted afterwards.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how often to add springtails to a terrarium",
      "when to add more springtails",
      "how often to reseed springtails"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "coecobrya-hobby-lineage",
    "title": "Do all hobby Tropical cultures trace to one Coecobrya tenebricosa stock?",
    "category": "molecular",
    "whyItMatters": "The Tropical Pink and Tropical White cultures were sold for years as Sinella curviseta. One seller has now named them Coecobrya tenebricosa, but cultures that passed through many hands may not share one origin.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "COI barcodes from several sellers' Tropical cultures, compared with the barcode group that a 2019 study of Polish terrariums assigned to Coecobrya tenebricosa.",
    "species": [
      "coecobrya-tenebricosa"
    ],
    "link": {
      "label": "Jaskula and colleagues 2019 on animals found in hobby terrariums",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7617"
    },
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "coecobrya-size",
    "title": "How long is an adult Coecobrya tenebricosa in culture?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Body length is the first thing a keeper can check, and the size filter in the identification key needs it. Sellers give about 3 mm and a care sheet gives 1.5 to 3 mm, but no source read for this site gives a measured length.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Measured lengths of adults from a stated culture, taken from a scaled photograph or a slide, with the number of animals and the method.",
    "species": [
      "coecobrya-tenebricosa"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "culture-lifespan",
    "title": "How long do individuals live in hobby cultures?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Culture advice depends on how fast a colony turns over. Only a few species have measured life spans, and those come from one laboratory study of one lineage.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Records of individually tracked animals at a stated temperature, food and substrate, from more than one culture of the same species. A journal export from the culture journal is a good start.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how long do springtails live",
      "springtail lifespan",
      "how old do springtails get"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "culture-mite-removal",
    "title": "How do you clear mites from an established springtail culture?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Sellers describe how to keep mites out, but a keeper who already has them needs a tested way to save the culture.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A written method with a reported result, or a study that compares ways of removing mites from springtail cultures.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how to get rid of mites in a springtail culture",
      "how to remove mites from springtails"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "culture-style-match",
    "title": "Does the way a species is cultured predict how it does in an enclosure?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The compatibility explorer matches stock that sellers culture with a dry side to drier enclosures and stock kept damp all the way through to wetter ones. That rule comes from how sellers describe their stock. No one has tested it by moving species between enclosure types.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Reports from keepers who put one species into two kinds of enclosure, with how wet each stayed and how many springtails were left after a few months.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "which springtails for a dry terrarium",
      "best springtails for an arid enclosure",
      "springtails for a leopard gecko enclosure",
      "which springtails for a humid terrarium",
      "springtails for a bearded dragon enclosure"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "density-limits-hobby-species",
    "title": "At what density does each culture stop growing?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The simulator needs a carrying capacity per square centimetre of substrate. The only measured figure on the site is a laboratory loading density for one species.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Counts of animals per known volume at plateau, with the container and food regime stated.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how many springtails per tub",
      "springtail culture density",
      "how crowded can a culture get"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "enclosure-model-scale",
    "title": "How wet and how ventilated are real bioactive enclosures?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The compatibility explorer compares a species with an enclosure on a moisture scale and a ventilation level. Those enclosure figures are curator choices built from care sheets for the animals, not from measurements inside enclosures.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Logged readings of substrate moisture, air humidity and temperature from many keepers' enclosures, with the setup type stated.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how humid is a bioactive enclosure",
      "how wet should a bioactive terrarium be",
      "bioactive terrarium humidity and ventilation"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "entomobrya-multifasciata-vs-atrocincta",
    "title": "Are hobby Tiger springtails Entomobrya multifasciata or the female form of Entomobrya atrocincta?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "The 2015 revision found that the colour pattern and setae of these two overlap, and it treats North American records of Entomobrya multifasciata as questionable. A hobby culture sold under the Tiger name has not been published as checked.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults of both sexes, scored against the character table in the revision, with a COI barcode where possible.",
    "species": [
      "entomobrya-multifasciata",
      "entomobrya-atrocincta"
    ],
    "link": {
      "label": "Katz and colleagues 2015 revision of Entomobrya",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.525.6020"
    },
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "entomobryoides-colour",
    "title": "What colour and pattern does Entomobryoides purpurascens show?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "The plate has to show something. No source read for this site describes the colour, so it is drawn neutral.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A scaled photograph of live adults on a plain background with a note on lighting, and the description from the species literature.",
    "species": [
      "entomobryoides-purpurascens"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "f1-lilac-meaning",
    "title": "What does F1 mean for the Lilac culture?",
    "category": "trade-name",
    "whyItMatters": "F1 normally means the first generation of a cross. Without a stated cross or line, the label tells a keeper nothing about what the animals are.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A statement from the seller of which animals were crossed or which line was founded, with the date and number of founders.",
    "species": [
      "ceratophysella-isabellae"
    ],
    "phrasings": [
      "what does f1 mean for springtails",
      "f1 lilac springtail"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "fcandida-hobby-lineage",
    "title": "Which genetic lineage are hobby Common White cultures?",
    "category": "molecular",
    "whyItMatters": "Folsomia candida is at least two lineages that look alike and live differently. Care advice and published life-history numbers may fit one lineage and not another.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "COI barcodes from several hobby and retail cultures, compared with the laboratory lineages described in the 2015 strain study and the 2023 genome study.",
    "species": [
      "folsomia-candida"
    ],
    "link": {
      "label": "Tully and Potapov 2015 on Folsomia candida strains",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143393"
    },
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "fcandida-temperature-optimum",
    "title": "Is the best breeding temperature for hobby white springtails cool or warm?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Some sellers advise a warm room for breeding. The laboratory life-history study found the highest egg output at 15 °C and a steep fall at 26 °C for one strain.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Side-by-side cultures from the same stock held at 16 °C, 21 °C and 26 °C with weekly counts, repeated for more than one lineage.",
    "species": [
      "folsomia-candida"
    ],
    "phrasings": [
      "best temperature to breed white springtails",
      "do white springtails breed faster when warm",
      "springtail breeding temperature"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "hobbyist-growth-disagreement",
    "title": "How fast do these cultures really grow, when the keeper table and the catalogue disagree?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Growth speed sets how often a culture needs feeding and splitting, and how soon it can feed other animals. The keeper table and the catalogue rate these cultures at different speeds, and both are one hobbyist's notes, so this site records one reading and says which.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Counts from one culture at set intervals, with the temperature and food stated, or a published rearing study of the species.",
    "species": [
      "orchesella-cincta",
      "orchesella-flavescens",
      "orchesella-villosa",
      "rambutanura-sp-thai-red-spiky",
      "yuukianura-aphoruroides"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "hobbyist-size-disagreement",
    "title": "Which adult length is right where the hobbyist tables disagree with other figures?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "A keeper's figure can describe a size class, a whole population, or a different animal that went by the same name. Where the two hobbyist tables disagree with each other or with a published length, this site keeps the published length, or shows none, because it cannot tell which figure is right.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Measured lengths of adults from a named culture, taken from a scaled photograph or a slide, with the number of animals and the method.",
    "species": [
      "folsomia-candida",
      "heteromurus-cf-major",
      "lepidocyrtus-sp-micro-gold",
      "orchesella-villosa",
      "pseudosinella-folsomi",
      "pseudosinella-violenta",
      "rambutanura-sp-thai-red-spiky",
      "tetrodontophora-bielanensis",
      "willowsia-buski",
      "willowsia-neonigromaculata",
      "xenylla-humicola",
      "yuukianura-aphoruroides"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "humidity-limits-hobby-species",
    "title": "How dry can each hobby species tolerate before cultures crash?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Springtails breathe through the body surface and many dry out fast, but tolerance differs a great deal between a cave species and a leaf-litter species.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Substrate moisture and air humidity readings logged against population change, with the container type and ventilation stated.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how humid should a springtail culture be",
      "springtail humidity",
      "can springtails dry out",
      "how dry can springtails tolerate"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "hypogastrurid-purple-dust",
    "title": "Which genus is the Purple Dust culture?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "The culture is placed at family level only. Pigment must not drive a genus guess.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults examined for eyes, furca, setae and claws.",
    "species": [
      "hypogastruridae-sp-purple-dust"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "id-voucher-needed",
    "title": "Which species is this culture, checked by a specialist?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Hobby cultures are mostly named from a seller's label or a photograph. A wrong name spreads from seller to keeper and then into care advice.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Preserved vouchers from the culture in 80 to 95 percent ethanol, mounted specimens examined by a springtail specialist, and a DNA barcode where a reference exists. Deposit the voucher with a museum or a university collection.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-voucher",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "inhabitant-predation-levels",
    "title": "How fast do common enclosure animals eat springtails?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The reseed calculator multiplies a base schedule by a factor for each animal. The factors are estimates. Real eating rates differ with animal age, size, enclosure size and how many hiding places the springtails have.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Counts of springtails before and after a set period in enclosures with a known animal, size and layout, or published feeding trials.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "do dart frogs eat springtails",
      "do isopods eat springtails",
      "do geckos eat springtails",
      "how many springtails does a frog eat",
      "will my frog eat all the springtails"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "isotomurus-colour-pattern",
    "title": "Is the Green Water culture the species Isotomurus louisiana or a close one?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Colour pattern is a known problem for separating species of Isotomurus. The seller kept cf. on the name for that reason.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults checked against setae characters, with a COI barcode.",
    "species": [
      "isotomurus-cf-louisiana"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "lepidocyrtus-species-names",
    "title": "Which species are the hobby Lepidocyrtus cultures named Micro Gold and Pearlescent?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Both carry the label Lepidocyrtus sp. and they must not be merged just because they share a genus. Potted plant and isopod advice depends on knowing what they are.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults compared with Lepidocyrtus keys, and a COI barcode from each culture.",
    "species": [
      "lepidocyrtus-sp-micro-gold",
      "lepidocyrtus-sp-pearlescent",
      "lepidocyrtus-violaceus"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "lobella-species",
    "title": "Which Lobella species is the Thai Red?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "The genus is confirmed but the seller does not plan a species identification. Pages cannot give the animal a species name without one.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults examined against the Lobella literature, with tubercle and chaetae counts, and a voucher kept with a collection.",
    "species": [
      "lobella-sp-thai-red"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "neanurid-hobby-cultures",
    "title": "Which genera and species are the red and white neanurid hobby cultures?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Thai Red, Thai Red Spiky, Thai Ruby, Pennywise and Santa Claus all look like plump coloured neanurids. Colour alone cannot place them, and visually different lines may or may not be different species.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Vouchers from each line scored for tubercles, setae, eyes, mouthparts and claws against the revisions of the group.",
    "species": [
      "rambutanura-sp-thai-red-spiky",
      "neanuridae-sp-santa-claus",
      "lobellini-sp-thai-ruby",
      "lobellini-sp-pennywise",
      "lobella-sp-thai-red"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "onychiurinae-snowflake",
    "title": "Which species is the Snowflake culture?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Eyeless pale springtails look alike. Pseudocelli, the postantennal organ, furca and setae decide the species, and none of them has been recorded for this culture.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults examined for pseudocelli, the postantennal organ and the third antennal segment organ.",
    "species": [
      "onychiurinae-sp-snowflakes"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "orchesella-comparison",
    "title": "How do the hobby Orchesella species differ in culture?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Orchesella flavescens, Orchesella cincta and Orchesella villosa are all hairy runners, and the Springtails US lists carry two of them. A comparison is needed to avoid mixing cultures.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Scaled photographs of live adults of each species and the diagnostic characters from a modern key.",
    "species": [
      "orchesella-flavescens",
      "orchesella-cincta",
      "orchesella-villosa"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "pseudosinella-violenta-scales",
    "title": "Do Bylas Ant Springtails carry scales?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Scales are one of the quickest ways to split Entomobryomorpha. No source read for this site says whether this species has them.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A slide of an adult under high magnification showing the body surface, with a note on whether scales are present or have rubbed off.",
    "species": [
      "pseudosinella-violenta"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "seira-colour",
    "title": "What do Seira purpurea and Seira brasiliana look like in culture?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Both were named by microscopy in 2026 and no source read for this site describes their colour. They share a genus and look alike in photographs.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Scaled photographs of live adults and the species descriptions.",
    "species": [
      "seira-purpurea",
      "seira-brasiliana"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "seira-dowlingi-status",
    "title": "Is Seira dowlingi a valid species or a synonym of Seira musarum?",
    "category": "taxonomy",
    "whyItMatters": "The Checklist of the Collembola lists the old name among the synonyms of Seira musarum, yet a 2019 study treats Seira dowlingi as a species and the hobby uses the name.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A specialist opinion on the 2019 study and a comparison of type material.",
    "species": [
      "seira-dowlingi"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sim-culture-yield",
    "title": "How fast do keepers' cultures really grow?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The simulator turns a laboratory pattern into a keeper's culture with one yield figure, chosen to match how sellers say a starter becomes a culture in weeks. No one has logged real cultures at intervals.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Counts from keepers' cultures at fixed intervals after they were started, with the container, temperature, food and starter size stated.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how long does a springtail culture take to grow",
      "how long until my springtail culture is ready",
      "how fast do springtails multiply",
      "how long until i can split a springtail culture"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sim-moisture-scale",
    "title": "How fast do culture tubs dry, and how wet is too wet?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "The simulator dries the substrate by a fixed share a day, scaled by ventilation and warmth, and has no standing water. Real drying depends on the lid, the holes, the substrate and the air in the room.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Daily weights or moisture readings from tubs of known size and ventilation, with the wetting routine stated.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how often should i mist springtails",
      "how fast does a springtail culture dry out",
      "how wet should springtail substrate be",
      "can springtails get too wet"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sim-mould-mites",
    "title": "How fast does leftover food turn into mould and mites, and what harm do they do?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "Springtails eat mould, so the harm a culture takes from it is unclear. The simulator ties mould and mites to days of leftover food and lets heavy mould cut breeding and kill animals. Those links are choices made for this site.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Controlled comparisons of cultures fed different amounts of yeast, with counts of springtails, mould cover and mites over time.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "does mould kill springtails",
      "do mites kill springtails"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sim-other-species",
    "title": "How fast do the other hobby species breed and live?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "Only one species, Folsomia candida, has a life history measured at several temperatures. The simulator stretches its pattern for every other species by the seller growth rating, which is a coarse guess.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Life tables for the other species, with days to the first eggs, eggs per female and how long females live, at two or more temperatures.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how fast do springtails breed",
      "how long do springtails live",
      "how many eggs do springtails lay",
      "how long do springtails take to mature"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sim-ranges",
    "title": "How wide should the forecast bands be, and when does a risk count?",
    "category": "model",
    "whyItMatters": "Each band comes from sweeping uncertain figures across ranges set by the curator. Ranges that are too narrow claim more than the record can back. Ranges that are too wide say too little. The same goes for the lines that mark a risk.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Repeat counts from many cultures set up the same way, so the real spread can replace the guessed one, and reports of what keepers saw just before a culture failed.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "how accurate is the springtail simulator",
      "how many springtails will i have in a month",
      "why do springtail cultures crash"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "sinella-curviseta-meaning",
    "title": "What does the care sheet entry Sinella curviseta refer to?",
    "category": "trade-name",
    "whyItMatters": "The seller says the widespread Sinella curviseta of the hobby is Coecobrya tenebricosa, yet the care sheet still lists Sinella curviseta as its own species.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A statement from the seller on whether the entry is an old label or a different culture, and a voucher if it is a different culture.",
    "species": [
      "sinella-curviseta",
      "coecobrya-tenebricosa"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "species-literature-pass",
    "title": "What do the published descriptions say about species that only have a hobby name here?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Several pages are stubs because no description was read for this site. Their identification traits and range are therefore blank, and any length on them comes from a seller or a species web page, not a description.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "The original and modern descriptions of each species, with measured lengths and diagnostic characters, added with proper citations.",
    "species": [
      "allacma-fusca",
      "tetrodontophora-bielanensis",
      "orchesella-flavescens",
      "heteromurus-nitidus",
      "heteromurus-cf-major",
      "pseudosinella-rolfsi",
      "pseudosinella-folsomi",
      "lepidocyrtus-fimicolus",
      "xenylla-humicola"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "temperature-limits-hobby-species",
    "title": "What are the real temperature limits of each hobby species?",
    "category": "husbandry",
    "whyItMatters": "Sellers give a single comfortable range for many species with no source behind it. Keepers cannot tell where a culture starts to suffer.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Controlled trials at three or more temperatures with life span and egg counts, as the 1973 study did for one species. Keepers can contribute careful logs with a thermometer reading and a population estimate.",
    "species": [],
    "phrasings": [
      "what temperature do springtails need",
      "springtail temperature range",
      "how cold can springtails survive",
      "how hot can springtails get",
      "ideal temperature for springtails"
    ],
    "status": "open",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "tiny-blue-two-species",
    "title": "How many species are sold as the Tiny Blue Springtail?",
    "category": "trade-name",
    "whyItMatters": "A seller says a different species or locality has been sold under the same common name as the Lake Keystone stock. Buyers cannot tell which one they have.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Vouchers and locality notes from each culture sold under the name, checked under a microscope.",
    "species": [
      "xenylla-grisea"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-voucher",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "tomocerus-vulgaris-vs-minor",
    "title": "How much hobby stock sold as Tomocerus vulgaris is really Tomocerus minor?",
    "category": "trade-name",
    "whyItMatters": "A seller reports cultures of both species under the vulgaris name and recommends buying only stock traced to microscopy.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Dental spine counts from slide-mounted adults of several cultures.",
    "species": [
      "tomocerus-vulgaris"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-voucher",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "tropical-white-vs-common-white",
    "title": "Is a culture sold as Tropical White a Coecobrya or a Folsomia?",
    "category": "trade-name",
    "whyItMatters": "The name Tropical White is used for the pale form of Coecobrya tenebricosa and has also been used for Folsomia candida. The two want different care.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A voucher from each culture checked under a microscope, and a note of the seller and the date of purchase.",
    "species": [
      "coecobrya-tenebricosa",
      "folsomia-candida"
    ],
    "phrasings": [
      "difference between tropical white and common white springtails",
      "is tropical white the same as common white"
    ],
    "status": "needs-voucher",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "varicolored-publication",
    "title": "Will the Varicolored culture be published as a form of Entomobrya assuta or as something else?",
    "category": "taxonomy",
    "whyItMatters": "The label var. nov. marks an unpublished idea, not a name. Until it is published or dropped, the culture stays an Entomobrya assuta working identification.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "A DNA barcode of the culture compared with wild Entomobrya assuta from Illinois, and a specialist note on whether the patternless form is a variety, a new species or a colour variant.",
    "species": [
      "entomobrya-assuta"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "willowsia-hobby-species",
    "title": "Which Willowsia species are the hobby cultures?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Animals filed under Willowsia nigromaculata in North America may be Willowsia neonigromaculata, a species split off in 2021. Hobby lists name Willowsia buski and Willowsia neonigromaculata.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults compared with the 2021 description, in particular the inner appendages on the maxillary sublobal plate, and a COI barcode.",
    "species": [
      "willowsia-buski",
      "willowsia-neonigromaculata"
    ],
    "link": {
      "label": "Cipola and Katz 2021 on Willowsia",
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.739.1269"
    },
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  },
  {
    "id": "yuukianura-florida-locality",
    "title": "Is the Florida Orange Locality the same species as the Spanish Orange?",
    "category": "identification",
    "whyItMatters": "Both stocks are now called Yuukianura aphoruroides, but the Florida stock was first named from images alone. The seller keeps them apart by locality.",
    "whatWouldHelp": "Slide-mounted adults from both stocks, a COI barcode from each, and a record of where and when each was collected.",
    "species": [
      "yuukianura-aphoruroides"
    ],
    "phrasings": [],
    "status": "needs-specialist",
    "raised": "2026-10-22"
  }
]
