P. cinereus and springtails

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I read in a respected Amphibian book that Plethodon cinereus does not eat collembolans (i.e. springtails). I never kept any. Can anyone refute this?
 
It says they eat them on Caudata Culture too. I am wondering if anyone who actually keeps this species knows whether they eat them, from experience.
 
Hi mine eat them.
 
Mine eat them all the time. I have noticed the larger salamanders don't forage for them as regularly as the smaller guys though.
 
I don't know why that guy said that. But otherwise the book is fantastic. I"ll be reviewing it in the next few.
 
What book is this? Did it say specifically that they don't eat them or were collembolans just absent from the results of a dietary study?
 
It said that where there are p. cinereus collembolans thrive because they eat their predators and not the collembolans. It's Wells book. I can't quote it directly yet because it's still in my locker at work.
 
otterwoman said:
It said that where there are p. cinereus collembolans thrive because they eat their predators and not the collembolans. It's Wells book. I can't quote it directly yet because it's still in my locker at work.
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I've seen my P.cinereus eat the larger springtails. Perhaps he said that because a lot of times when you find a redback you'll see lots of springtails, but springtails are extremely prolific and common. It would take a very talented (determined and hungry) redback to eat all of the springtails under a log.
 
My P. Cinereus never ate springtails....he loved baby crickets though.
 
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