#A vulgare

[pinyonrice]

Nobody talk me . I'm going into moulting mode ...

[scuttlingpebbles]

La Creatura colony has new moss to snack on!

[crawfishcomic]

Recruitment

[pangur-and-grim]

they love apple more than god

[effinbirds]

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[onenicebugperday]

Common pill woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare, Armadillidiidae

Native to Europe, and especially the Mediterranean basin, this species is now found throughout the world.

Photos by pfau_tarleton

[goldiipond]

what the fuck did they mean by this

[beggars-opera]

There are very few f-bombs in the 18th century slang dictionary, but when they do show up they are CLASS

[largemandrill]

Is this anything?

[crevicedwelling]

today’s isopod is Armadillidium vulgare “Orange Vigor,” an orange mutation of the common pillbug or roly-poly.

they still show yellow scrawls and varying shades of base color like the wild gray form, with males tending to be dark and patternless and females brighter and with more markings.

[anarchobotany]

wait for it

[pinyonrice]

GREAT NEWS!

there's babys now. happy birthday

[scuttlingpebbles]

Munch crunch

[crawfishcomic]

Free Money

[pangur-and-grim]

I had two colonies! my scabers were in a beautiful planted terrarium with a bark wall. unfortunately after I went on a trip, they suffered a colony collapse - I'd asked my housemate to spritz them with water in my absence, but I'm guessing she either spritzed more or less than I usually do, and the shock killed them.

a third of them survived this event, so I gave the terrarium away to someone with invertebrate knowledge.

and then there's my vulgare colony! they thrived for years - at one point, there were so many that the ground oscillated like water when I lifted the lid up. and then.....within a month this year, they all died. no clue why. I didn't change any part of my care.

unfortunately, if I don't understand how I killed them, then I won't be able to prevent their deaths in the future, so I'm done with invertebrates for now. they brought me a lot of joy while they lasted, though!

[effinbirds]