Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm looking to start keeping isopods and was wondering if any make particularly good starter pets or if they're all fairly equal. Thanks for any info you can give!
my usual answer is that anything other than the very expensive European giant Porcellio and Asian armadillids (those “Cubaris” and “Merulanella”) is perfectly fine for a beginner. you can never go wrong with the common garden species (Porcellio scaber, laevis, spinicornis; Porcellionides pruinosus/floria; Armadillidium vulgare, nasatum; Oniscus asellus; Trachelipus rathkii; Cylisticus convexus) and any of their morphs. but even some of the more colorful localized species like A. maculatum or the cheaper not-really-Cubaris like ‘Panda King’ and ‘Pak Chong’ are quite hardy and prolific and should do well for you.
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@twigby-art perhaps you can spot a problem I've missed here
the colony is cylisticus convexus
the container is about 10cm high, with 5cm of substrate depth. the third line of ventilation on the right was just added now, so they haven't had that until today. the vents on the sides are taped up as well (had some escape attempts)
potting soil substrate (I'm unsure of how organic it is, but it hasn't caused issue with my other two colonies as of yet)
I've got springtails in there as well
I worry perhaps it's too moist, I only try to wet the moss but it seems quite damp throughout. the leaf litter has mostly rotted as well from the moisture.
at first I found one body, I figured I may have accidentally crushed one putting the cork bark back in after checking on them. and then I had left them completely unchecked for about a week (perhaps a bit more?), and now there's 4 more dead.
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The isopod varieties I’ve acquired recently and haven’t posted yet!
Top Row: Porcellio scaber ‘Dalmation’, Little Sea Roly Poly (Cubaris murina)
Second Row: Porcellio scaber, Cylisticus convexus
Third Row: Dwarf Striped Isopod, Porcellio scaber ‘Calico’
Bottom: Orange cultivar Powder Blue (Porcellionides priunosus ‘Orange’)
The C. convexus and Orange Powder Blues were acquired through a trade; I also got Atlantoscia floridana, the Florida fast isopod. They are impossible to photograph, though, they’re so fast. The C. convexus aren’t slowpokes either.
The Calico Rough Isopods and the Dwarf Striped Isopods were purchased online from Bugs in Cyberspace.
The Little Sea Roly Polies, Rough Isopods, and Dalmation Rough Isopods came from vendors at the Portland Reptile Expo. Unfortunately the Rough Isopods were sold to me as Flowery Blues. Ah well, at least I didn’t have any wild morph Roughs yet.
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Here’s my full list as of now :•)
Armadillidium vulgare “punta cana “ •
Armadillidium vulgare “gem mix”•
Armadillidium vulgare “magic potion japan” •
Armadillidium vulgare “magic potion usa “ •
Armadillidium vulgare “t+ albino” •
Armadillidium vulgare “t- albino” •
Armadillidium vulgare “wild type” •
Armadillidium vulgare “orange vigor”•
Armadillidium vulgare “mega mix”
Armadillidium maculatum “zebra” •
Armadillidium maculatum “chocolate zebra”
Armadillidium maculatum “yellow zebra”
Armadillidium nasatum “peach”
Armadillidium nasatum “Pearl”
Armadillidium nasatum “wild type” •
Armadillidium klugii “montenegro clown” •
Armadillidium klugii “pudding”•
Armadillidium klugii “Dubrovnik”
Armadillidium peraccae •
Armadillidium depressum
Armadillidium granulatum •
Armadillidium gestroi •
Armadillidium frontitostre “Croatian giant” •
Armadillidium werneri “orange”
Armadillidium versicolor “ceska”•
Armadillidium versicolor “polska”
Armadillidium espanyoli sp “marbleized”•
Armadillo officinalis “Sicily” •
Armadillo officinalis “orange crush”•
Armadillo officinalis “Israel”
Armadillo officionalis “unknown locale”
Porcellio scaber “mixed” •
Porcellio scaber “lava”
Porcellio scaber “red callico”•
Porcellio scaber “orange koi”•
Porcellio scaber “Dalmatian”•
Porcellio dilataus “giant canyon” •
Porcellio laevis “dairy cow” •
Porcellio laevis “white” •
Porcellio laevis “Caramel” •
Porcellio laevis “milk back” •
Porcellio laevis “orange” •
Porcellio laevis “piebald” •
Porcellio laevis “California mix”•
Porcellio laevis “mega mix”•
Porcellio ornatus “yellow dot”•
Porcellio bolivari •
Porcellio flavomarginatus•
Porcellio sevilla •
Porcellio werneri
Porcellio expansus “orange”
Porcellionides pruinosus “powder orange” •
Porcellionides pruinosus “powder blue” •
Porcellionides pruinosus “Oreo crumble” •
Porcellionides pruinosus “white out”•
Porcellionides pruinosus “orange cream”•
Cubaris sp. “Panda King” •
Cubaris murina “papaya” •
Cubaris murina “glacier”•
Cubaris murina •
Cubaris Borneo •
Cubaris sp. “rubber ducky “•
Cubaris sp “blonde ducky”•
Cubaris sp. amber
Cubaris sp “Pak Chong”•
Nesodillo arcangeli “shiro utsuri”•
Cubaris sp. “silver ghost”•
Cubaris sp. “Jupiter”
Cubaris sp. “red tiger”•
Cylisticus convexus •
Cylisticus convexus “Ukraine pied”•
Venezillo parvus “Dalmatian”•
And then my projects are orange magic potions (both varieties), weird white p. laevis, and definitely some other stuff I’m forgetting
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