hi

geoff

Ootheca
Hi all my name is geoff both my partner cathy and myself have kept isopods and millipedes since we where youngsters.

We keep just native ones now (to england)

 
Welcome and very cool! I would love to see some pictures. I have heard you have some beautiful species. I was told that one of your terrestrial isopods can grow up to an inch (2.54 cm) but I find this hard to believe. I asked the person for a picture but they never replied. Have you heard of this?

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Thank you for the welcome,I have heard that some can get that big but iam 52 and have spent at least 45 of those years looking and have never found any that big.

I don't have a camera that can take very good macro shots and my phone is a blackberry(nuff said)lol but will try to put up some pics in next week or so appolagies for poor quality in advance our biggest woody is a common shiny that's around 3/4's of an inch

 
Thank you for the welcome,I have heard that some can get that big but iam 52 and have spent at least 45 of those years looking and have never found any that big.

I don't have a camera that can take very good macro shots and my phone is a blackberry(nuff said)lol but will try to put up some pics in next week or so appolagies for poor quality in advance our biggest woody is a common shiny that's around 3/4's of an inch
Thanks for the added info. That is what I thought. I often hear reports of giant spiders, centipedes, roaches and terrestrial isopods but the evidence never seems to materialize...lol. I currently have some Armadillidium maculatum (Zebra Pill Bug) and Porcellio dilatatus (Giant Canyon Sow Bug) that are almost an inch if you also measure their extended antennae (cheating) but that is the largest I have seen.

No worries about posting pictures. I totally understand. Again, welcome :)

 
Last edited by a moderator:
I also have some Millipedes and pill bugs. Here is the picture.

/monthly_05_2014/post-4709-0-07696000-1399810302_thumb.jpg

 

Attachments

  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    137.9 KB · Views: 0
Back
Top