#porcellionides pruinosus

[insectomoe]

Little guys

[crevicedwelling]

today’s isopod is Porcellionides pruinosus, also known as the powder blue isopod for the waxy coat of the normal gray color form. a very fast, hardy, and prolific species.

I have most of the color morphs of this species; these are wildtype, “Pierrot Orange,” “Oreo Crumbles,” “Blush,” “Whiteout,” and the last one is some silly marbled thing that appeared at random in a “Blush” breeding project.

I like how their little feet stick out when they lie down.

[tggardens]

Okay, finally, a few isopod pictures.

Here's a side view of an Oreo Crumble, Porcellionides pruinosus.

Here's some Japanese Magic Potions, Armadillidium vulgare.

And here's a very silly Zebra, Armadillidium maculatum.

"Are you looking at me?"

Nope, you can't see me. Goodbye!"

[omies-odd-writing-spot]

I am curious, I never checked if there's people that like isopods on tumblr, who here has small frens?

Show me your isopods? n.n

[isopodsfuckyeah]

It’s Flat Fuck Friday so today’s Isopod Of The Day is

Porcellionides pruinosus

This is a larger family of isopods, which includes the previously mentioned Powder Orange Isopod as well as Powder Blue Isopods and many others

These guys are the isopods of the day because they cannot conglobate, unlike isopods in the armadillidae family. This makes them wonderful flat fucks

[arwcn]

isopod update!

one of the porcellionides pruinosus molted and left his shirt on a leaf for his children to find (former shirt-owner pictured in the background) and i fully thought he had been guillotined in a tiny french revolution 😭 then i was like OH he molted. thank goodness

speaking of the p pruinosus, their current baby count is 39 (i just count the ones that i can see without taking the lid off or disturbing them) and the total pod count is over 50 (?!) it’s been less than two months and the 10 adults have really turned on the printing press. the bebbes love hanging out on the cork bark and nibbling the moss!

the american magic potions are still chilling out, they just eat their moss and nap all day. no bebbes, but that might be a good thing haha

[feuer-in-soho]

Got to draw these fellas as commissions, from a bunch of fellas.

[sanity-is-for-the-sane]

Lookit my shrimps go

Porcellionides pruinosus / Orange creamsicle isopods

[neechiegeckos]

Isopod rehousing and maintenance, part 2!

[itsdetachable]

A couple of the new buddies were hanging out by the wall and I managed to get a vid of this one cleaning their antenna ❤️

You can do it buddies! Survive! Thrive! Multiply!!

[trot]

Porcellionides pruinosus, "Oreo Crumble."

Pied powder blue.

[tggardens]

A bonus shot of a little Red Koi isopod hanging out on a Lemon Button Fern leaf.

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[milleniummarket]

[sock-puppet-dinosaur]

An Impostor

There's a powder orange in with the punta canas???

There's just one, as far as I know, and it's a juvenile, so I might as well leave it, but huh?? how did you get in there??

[flawless-imperfections]

Porcellionides Pruinosus ‘Oreo crumble’

My 10 new lil babies arrived today and I already love them🥹 - I’ve really gotten into isopods lately, which isn’t uncommon when you’re into reptiles. They’re fascinating just to watch go about their business, it’s grounding and it brings you back to nature. Also the variety is insane (I mean have you seen rubber ducky isopods??? Definitely on my wish list!)

Basically the story is while delving into the terrarium hobby, the importance of having springtails in closed terrariums led me down a rabbit hole of research into springtails and isopods and now…here we are😂 Anyway, you can expect more isopod posts in the future.