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Isopods!

By Carnies
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:12 am #415043
So yea, I'm collecting isopods now. Rollie pollies, pill bugs, sow bugs, and no I don't feed them to my plants. I pay too much. I have 5 types/species/varieties:

Porcellio laevis 'Dairy Cow'
Porcellio laevis 'Milkback'
Porcellio scaber 'Lottery Mix'
Armadillidium maculatum 'Zebra', 'Spotted', 'Chocolate'
Armadillidium vulgare 'Wild Type'
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By TrapsAndDews
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:14 am #415050
I used to roll those things around whenever I saw them. :)
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By TrapsAndDews
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:17 am #415051
ChefDean wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:34 am I did something similar, but with Dubia roaches that I fed to my Bearded Dragons.
Collecting cockroaches?! :? Next you'll be telling me you keep a collection of hornets. :shock:
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By ChefDean
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:28 am #415052
TrapsAndDews wrote:Collecting cockroaches?! :? Next you'll be telling me you keep a collection of hornets. :shock:
Only on Thursdays.
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By Lain
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:11 am #415063
ChefDean wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:34 am I did something similar, but with Dubia roaches that I fed to my Bearded Dragons.
I used to raise dubia roaches too for my sugar gliders. Every time someone tried to steal a glider I'd feed them one and they'd get grossed out. :roll:
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By Hang
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:51 pm #415115
Carnies wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:12 am So yea, I'm collecting isopods now. Rollie pollies, pill bugs, sow bugs, and no I don't feed them to my plants. I pay too much. I have 5 types/species/varieties:

Porcellio laevis 'Dairy Cow'
Porcellio laevis 'Milkback'
Porcellio scaber 'Lottery Mix'
Armadillidium maculatum 'Zebra', 'Spotted', 'Chocolate'
Armadillidium vulgare 'Wild Type'
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I can't find my panda king photo so...
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Re: Isopods!

By Carnies
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:52 pm #415116
Wait you collect them too? Panda kings are super expensive and Cubaris doesn't seem active. I like the Porcellio species. Desktop Porcellio scaber setup:
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By Hang
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-  Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:57 pm #415117
Carnies wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:52 pm Wait you collect them too? Panda kings are super expensive and Cubaris doesn't seem active. I like the Porcellio species. Desktop Porcellio scaber setup:
Just noticed photos didn't upload 😳
found some of the pics when i first got cubaris

photos of when i first got these... 6 types
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panda king
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My diary cow, almost 2 years now
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Set up is not as fancy as yours, i use 6qt container with peat moss/sphag/garden lime/bark/natural charcoal and boiled dried oak leaf
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By Intheswamp
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-  Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:14 am #415139
I've got a bunch, too, but I let them free range outside around the edge of the house so the sun can shine on their faces and the wind can blow through their hair. I was contacted by a Hollywood producer that wanted to do a semi-sequel to "Free Willie"...yep, it was gonna be "Free Rollie". But then the rolliepollies started trying to unionize and the demands they came up with were just too much so the producer backed out. Now they just wonder around sniffing rotted sticks and leaves and telling bad centipede jokes. They could've been stars!!! What a shame!!! :(
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