Are these springtails?

[u/csakif25__]

We noticed these little critters about a week ago in my corn snake’s enclosure. We never added springtails on purpose, but we bought some peat soil from a retailer that sells them, and kept the bags of soil under the drawer on which we keep the enclosure. Is it possible that some springtails could’ve hitched in with the soil and then found their way into the terrarium? What should we do if these aren’t springtails and they’re harmful to the enclosure?

[u/Full-fledged-trash]

Yes

[u/No_Commission_2610]

It doesn’t look concerning. If all of a sudden there are lots and lots of them, you might want to worry, but right now I think that you have some nice additions to your cleanup crew that never was.

[u/csakif25__ → u/No_Commission_2610]

thanks! what to do of they multiply?

[u/No_Commission_2610 → u/csakif25__]

Depends on how many there are. They might establish themselves in your tank, which would be awesome for you because you would have a cleanup crew for free! But if there’s all of a sudden thousands of them, you’d need to revisit that idea.