what isopods do you keep?

[Hisserdude]

Idk why but my Ischnoptera bilunata (both adults and large nymphs) seem to enjoy eating A. vulgare even though I provide enough food.

Really!?!?!? I've never heard of roaches eating isopods, shows how much I know! :lol:

 

[phasmes222]

Hello everyone, i have only Trichorhina tomentosa, but i really like isopods. And i wanna buy or exchange other species, especially non-european species. But that's difficult to found.

 

[blacksheep998]

Hello everyone, i have only Trichorhina tomentosa, but i really like isopods. And i wanna buy or exchange other species, especially non-european species. But that's difficult to found.

Where are you located? I've got plenty of Porcellio scaber 'Orange' and 'Dalmatian' but can only ship to the US.

 

[phasmes222]

In france. ^^

Does they are fast to grow?

 

[blacksheep998]

Yes, P. scaber grows and breeds quickly.

About a year ago I separated a single female carrying eggs into a container by herself. Today she's got well over 300 descendants.

 

[phasmes222]

Wow that's fast. I think i'll found some on this forum. That seem's cool even if for the moment i only have the most common species.

 

[pannaking22]

Finally on the board lol. I have T. tomentosa and O. asellus, but hoping to pick up a couple more neat species when things warm up some.

 

[Bamboo]

Well .... I've officially joined the Isopods Mafia ....I keep the following:

Giant Orange

Costa Rican Dwarf Purples

Dwarf Whites

Multi strip dwarfs

Temperate Springtails ( not sure what temperate means )

Giant Springtails ( these are really huge )

Sorry I don't know latin names. I've ordered two Isopod books on ebay which should give me a good knowledge. These isopods seem to be as addicting as roaches.

 

[Hisserdude]

Cool! I'm gonna be getting the dwarf whites as well, can't wait till they come!

 

[Roach collector]

I keep armadillidium maculatum and also a porcelio scaber 'hybrid'

 

[Mmfh]

I have a group of free roaming giant springtails. I originally put them in my A. avic cage. Then they all moved into my millipede cage. Then one day they were all gone and I eventually found them thriving under the water bowl in my turtle cage lol.

 

[Hisserdude]

Not sure if I ever posted pics here of these guys, but I'll post them anyway. These are my favorite isopods I currently own, a "Pied" morph of Cylisticus convexus that I isolated from individuals I caught here in Idaho.

Here are some pictures of them mixed in with normal individuals:

The isolating process is taking a while, they were mixed in with normal ones so the females are still producing brown offspring. One of the recent babies looks normal but has a white antenna, so it looks like they are finally starting to produce "Pied" individuals!