Adopt Isopods
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Isopods are popular in herpetology circles because they are detritivores (creatures that consume rotted & decaying matter), so they make excellent clean-up crews for reptile enclosures, as they thrive feeding on the waste. However, they have also gained recent popularity as pets because of their beautiful, diverse appearances and easy care, making them the perfect idle pets for busy students and professionals. Raising isopods has brought me so much joy, so I am thrilled to share my beautiful local morph with hobbyists and keepers all over the world!
Disclaimer!
Please note that while many keepers choose to use their isopods as part of a bioactive enclosure clean-up crew, my isopods have never been able to hold down a job and cannot explain the gaps in their resumes, so employ them at your own risk.
Morphs & Patterns
Georgia Wild Type - Light grey to black base color with little to no yellow marking
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"Pollens" - high expression yellow against black / gray - wild type
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"Pastel" - pale version of whatever base color / pattern morph
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"Racing Stripe" - yellow or red dorsal line
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"White Sided" - A ring of pale or white along the bottom of the tergites (overlapping back plates).
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"Jewel Tones" - Yellow, orange, or red base color with highly varied yellow patterning
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"Neons" - Pastel jewel tone
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"Georgia Clays" - Red tint to both base color and pattern
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Heterochromatic antennae - One white antenna and one black antenna
The morphs and patterns occur at varying rates of rarity with some types numbering in the single digits between all my colonies, so there is limited availability of each, but I do my best to prioritize your preferred appearances when selecting your pods. All purchases and trades are first come first serve. Isopods are shipped in a starter substrate with one pack of local leaf litter.
Pet Colony Live Isopods
$10.00 - $20.00
A. Vulgare isopods. Morph & pattern variations depend on availability. Please select your preferred colors and patterns and they will be prioritized in your order.
My pods are kept on ground coconut soil substrate mixed with my local leaf litter mix, topped with bark. They are fed vegetable and fruit scraps fortified with calcium powder or ground eggshells, snake shed, and leaf litter (oak, sweetgum, mayhaw, bradford pear, privet, pine needles.) I keep all open and closed faced enclosures in room temp (70-75 F) and mist as needed to keep the substrate adequately moist.
*As of 5/5/2024 only the youngest (>3 mos) isopods have been captive bred. Any juvenile or adult specimens have been collected from the wild, in a supervised outdoor pen, so I cannot guarantee the age or condition of the pods, only that they are thriving after having been collected and put on my custom substrate, leaf litter, and diet. The information on this site is constantly being updated and is based on research and personal observation. Any monikers are my own and not meant to represent any scientific categorization or formal names for the armadillidium vulgare species.
*As of 5/5/2024 only the youngest (>3 mos) isopods have been captive bred. Any juvenile or adult specimens have been collected from the wild, in a supervised outdoor pen, so I cannot guarantee the age or condition of the pods, only that they are thriving after having been collected and put on my custom substrate, leaf litter, and diet. The information on this site is constantly being updated and is based on research and personal observation. Any monikers are my own and not meant to represent any scientific categorization or formal names for the armadillidium vulgare species.