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Something a bit different!
I know these won’t be to everyones liking & some of you will probably think I’m nuts!
If you don’t like things with lots of legs & antennae waving about maybe best not to look!
I sort of accidentally got into isopods when I began making terrariums at the end of last year, the more I learnt about terrariums the more I learnt about bioactive terrariums with isopods living in them & having always loved the simple woodlice you find everywhere I got kind of hooked on the idea of having some very special ones living in my terrariums & so my collection began.
They are very like hamsters in so many ways!
They like to hide in dark places.
They love to burrow.
They love cork tunnels.
They tend to be very shy at first & need time to settle in.
They live 2-3 years.
And of course, in my opinion at least, they are very cute!
They are really hard to photograph as they do mostly move pretty fast so I don’t have many photos just lots of vids.
They do have long latin names too, it’s a bit like having to say I have a Cricetulus griseus instead of a Chinesey!
Anyway time to meet a few.
I call these my jelly beans! They are so smooth & shiny, properly known as Porcellio laevis orange.
I’ve had these the longest & they are very bold & active, always something going on with these guys.
They’re quite big, the largest adults probably around 2cm now, there are also lots of babies & juveniles of various sizes, one of the more prolific species so I’ll probably have to put some in another enclosure before too long.
Next up the jewel like Armadillidium Vulgare magic potion, they are mostly white with a few black spots & patches that are like a yellow glow, unfortunately my phone just doesn’t pick up the yellow on white well so they look almost totally white.
Not as active but quite laid back so when they are out they tend to amble around more slowly.
I had two new species arrive this week so I only have very short sort of unboxing videos as I got them out of their tubs to go into enclosures.
Armadillidium gestroi are really quite stunning to look at, these are still mostly fairly young & small but you can get an idea of how beautiful they are.
Armadillidium nasatum peach only arrived yesterday, I think out of all the colours & patterns there are (& there are a lot!) these are my favourite, quite small so you need a close look to really appreciate them.
The name nasatum means nose & they have a little protuberance on their faces just like a little nose, very cute!
I have more but that’s probably enough for now!
Some live in terrariums, a couple of species in the pod equivalent of bin cages & some in display enclosures.
I had two bespoke display enclosures arrive this week & I love them, this is the smaller one all set up.
I know these won’t be to everyones liking & some of you will probably think I’m nuts!
If you don’t like things with lots of legs & antennae waving about maybe best not to look!
I sort of accidentally got into isopods when I began making terrariums at the end of last year, the more I learnt about terrariums the more I learnt about bioactive terrariums with isopods living in them & having always loved the simple woodlice you find everywhere I got kind of hooked on the idea of having some very special ones living in my terrariums & so my collection began.
They are very like hamsters in so many ways!
They like to hide in dark places.
They love to burrow.
They love cork tunnels.
They tend to be very shy at first & need time to settle in.
They live 2-3 years.
And of course, in my opinion at least, they are very cute!
They are really hard to photograph as they do mostly move pretty fast so I don’t have many photos just lots of vids.
They do have long latin names too, it’s a bit like having to say I have a Cricetulus griseus instead of a Chinesey!
Anyway time to meet a few.
I call these my jelly beans! They are so smooth & shiny, properly known as Porcellio laevis orange.
I’ve had these the longest & they are very bold & active, always something going on with these guys.
They’re quite big, the largest adults probably around 2cm now, there are also lots of babies & juveniles of various sizes, one of the more prolific species so I’ll probably have to put some in another enclosure before too long.
Next up the jewel like Armadillidium Vulgare magic potion, they are mostly white with a few black spots & patches that are like a yellow glow, unfortunately my phone just doesn’t pick up the yellow on white well so they look almost totally white.
Not as active but quite laid back so when they are out they tend to amble around more slowly.
I had two new species arrive this week so I only have very short sort of unboxing videos as I got them out of their tubs to go into enclosures.
Armadillidium gestroi are really quite stunning to look at, these are still mostly fairly young & small but you can get an idea of how beautiful they are.
Armadillidium nasatum peach only arrived yesterday, I think out of all the colours & patterns there are (& there are a lot!) these are my favourite, quite small so you need a close look to really appreciate them.
The name nasatum means nose & they have a little protuberance on their faces just like a little nose, very cute!
I have more but that’s probably enough for now!
Some live in terrariums, a couple of species in the pod equivalent of bin cages & some in display enclosures.
I had two bespoke display enclosures arrive this week & I love them, this is the smaller one all set up.
You have created such beautiful set ups for them. 
