Springtails pesky but harmless

QI have a mature croton in a pot. The soil surface has been overrun with minuscule white bugs, less than a millimetre long. There are literally billions of them milling about! They jump a tad when the plant gets a watering, but have not migrated to any other plants in the house. How should I treat them? What are they?

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