what isopods do you keep?

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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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.

 
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:

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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! :)

 
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