#oniscus

[snototter]

A common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus) in Belgium

by André De Kesel

[anyonghalimaw]

two completed parts of a bigger commission still in progress! featuring an unspecified agapostemon and oniscus asellus (maple color form)

the agapostemon is unspecified coz i legit just slapped 30 different references of different species together so this is more of a chimera. an Average of the genus than it is a representation of any species in particular

[isopods-daily]

Oniscus asellus

[insectomoe]

Little guys

[skippygoldfish]

checking on the pods is finally done. the P. scaber seem to be good and had lots of babies. however i could not find my beloved O. asellus Surprise or Dragon, or the T. rathkii Peanut Butter, and some might be hiding in the wood, but they might have died 😔 so many so close together makes me worry, but their many babies seem to be feeling great. The only adults in there right now are Winter and Wyvern the O. asellus and Jelly the T. rathkii. however, all is not lost... it appears that at long last, there are some piebald baby O. asellus in the tub 🥹 but erm, how much do bugs care about inbreeding?... i have not found any more of that species here to add to the colony 😬

[kreftropod]

Sometimes, when you're feeling down, the forest sends its biggest and shiniest woodlouse into your house for you to pick up and look at as it curiously explores your hand while you get the door open to let it back outside, and then you feel just a little better.

[snail-friend]

Poddy paradise :)

They be shy. (ignore the armadillidum on underside HE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS TANK)

[hylasregillasisopods]

W/C Oniscus asellus male with some sort of piebaldism.

No one has been able to successfully pass this trait, suggesting it isn't genetic, but why not give it another try?

[lamby-grahamy]

Met some friends in the woods today!

[skippygoldfish]

here is Winter my wild-caught pied O. asellus :3 i love her so much!!! i have a bunch of isopods but i recently took this pic of her <3

Hello I want to see your BUG pets please reblog with pics of them thank you

*THIS IS FOR BUGS. INVERTEBRATES. Save your cats for another post. Thank you :)

[maarvaazsinak]

Wild type Oniscus asellus, they've been busy eating daisy petals all afternoon 😋

[isopods-daily]

Oniscus lusitanus

[skippygoldfish]

Dragon next to her daughter, who I guess I'll call Wyvern to be silly. It seems that of the first batch of babies, only she grew big. But thankfully, there are lots of new babies now. Some of them are Winter's, so I will keep hoping for some to color up as piebalds. Dragon is a very big and beautiful lady!

[logs-pods]

Not sure on the first two pods second might be P. scaber, but the next is an Oniscus asellus and then several Porcellio spinicornus I beeleaf. Plus some friends!

top 10 rotting logs

[usbkinitopet]

have you ever heard of olms? they’re very interesting creatures and even look a bit like axolotl’s!

they can live a lot longer than axolotl’s and surprisingly aren’t related to them. they are blind and are endangered. It has the longest lifespan of any amphibian, often living to over 70 in zoos, and with a predicted maximum age of over 100. Their reproductive cycle can change depending on their environment, they will lay eggs if it’s warmer and give birth to live young if it’s colder. Olms live in well-oxygenated underground waters with a typical, very stable temperature of 8–11 °C (46–52 °F), infrequently as warm as 14 °C (57 °F). There have also been observations in northeastern Italy where they swim to the surface in springs outside the caves, even in daylight, where they occasionally feed on earthworms. The black olm may occur in surface waters that are somewhat warmer. The olm swims by eel-like twisting of its body, assisted only slightly by its poorly developed legs. It is a predatory animal, feeding on small crustaceans (for example, Troglocaris shrimp, Niphargus, Asellus, and Synurella amphipods, and Oniscus asellus), snails (for example, Belgrandiella), and occasionally insects and insect larvae (for example, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Diptera). It does not chew its food, instead swallowing it whole. The olm is resistant to long-term starvation, an adaptation to its underground habitat. It can consume large amounts of food at once, and store nutrients as large deposits of lipids and glycogen in the liver. When food is scarce, it reduces its activity and metabolic rate, and can also reabsorb its own tissues in severe cases. Controlled experiments have shown that an olm can survive up to 10 years without food.

"That is so fascinating!!, I love learning about new sea creatures!!.. and new things!!.. Olms sound so fun to hang around with!.. do you think their favorite games would be sea chess!?.."

"Are you sure, they aren't just a long axolotl?.. they look like one to me!.."

"They're not related to me, Sam!.. but I'm sure it'd be silly if I had a cousin that was a Olm!!.." "I don't get it still.." "This is why I like teaching you about things!!!, you silly sea anemone!!"

(This was a fun ask to answer!, poor Sam.. he doesn't process info as well as Kinito!!.. :D) - Mod Soni

[hylasregillasisopods]

Starting up an Oniscus asellus culture again and was reminded of an interesting pattern. The lighter color individuals seem to have a higher mortality rate and generally poorer health. Back when I first tried to breed the blonde morph, I never got any babies out of them and they slowly declined until I added them back to the main culture where they all eventually perished. Tonight, one of the lighter individuals I collected perished in the collection cup after a few hours, whereas the rest are fine.

Is it a coincidence or is the color linked to a health issue? If there is a link, why are healthy looking blonde adults such a constant fixture in the wild populations?