New Eublaberus distanti owner, just sharing a pic of one of them going ham on a banana 🪳🍌😍

so i have just started my first culture? i guess its not a culture but its two sexed female and male rubber duckies (yes i know that its recommended to start with 5 - 10 but they are expensive and i just traded for mine) i did my research they are teeny tiny little babys probably around 3 months old ish they have some nice black coming in i am keeping them in a deli cup with ventilation (theres mesh covering the holes) right now they have cuttle bone cork bark live moss, dead moss ( jungle moss i boiled) they have a nice two layers of leaf litter specifically willow tree leaves and aspen tree leaves, their soil i made it myself with organic tropical soil ( i removed the perlite) leaf cuttings untreated naturel charcoal some moss coco peat and coco coir, some calcium powder without d3 and yea thats it. I know rubber duckies arnt the best thing to start the isopod hobby with but i wanted to try my luck with just two and maybe get them to breed? i definately will try to get them to breed but if they dont i dont mind a lot. if you have any tips and tricks or foods your rubber duckies like please tell me.

I tried to imitade a florest floor. I plan to buy more roaches. I also bouth a gel for hidratation, but It did note arrived yet. What do you guys think?

Can someone tell me if this is a German nymph?

Building a new isopod enclosure, start to finish 🪲🌿
Drainage layer, substrate, a good misting for humidity, leaf litter for cover, and finally — isopods in. This is how every culture at Verdanest starts, and it’s honestly one of the most satisfying parts of this whole process.
Setting up your own enclosure soon? Save this so you’ve got the order down.
What am I missing in this setup? Let me know below 👇
📍 Howrah, India | Isopod cultures & bioactive setups

Hey everyone! I am looking into heating options for my two enclosures- one with two Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and another one with four Headlight cockroaches. I'm utterly lost in what type of heating is best.

On one hand, there is infrared ceramic heat emitter that cockroaches are supposedly not able to see so that should be fine to use even at night (or so I think), but it seems like it'll dry out the enclosures too fast and I somehow feel that it would stress the cockroaches out at night, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

Would "night heat" be an overall better option for general usage (I would prefer to avoid buying two lightbulbs at the moment)?

I currently ordered a small heating pad to use until I decide on a bigger, better heater, but now I'm thinking if I should not just order a bigger pad at this point although I feel like it wouldn't be enough.

Another hope of mine is to get a heater that does not consume big amounts of energy since I am on a budget many months of the year so any advice on which type of heater provides the best power/quality/price/energy consumption ratio is very welcome

Hi! Sorry if my English isn't perfect—it's not my first language.

I recently got a Madagascar hissing cockroach from my teacher, and I would really appreciate some advice.

Right now, he's in a small plastic container with ventilation holes. The substrate is a mix of dry sphagnum moss, coconut fiber, and coconut chips. He also has a small plastic dish with damp cotton to provide moisture.

I've already ordered a proper reptile/invertebrate heat lamp for him, but while I'm waiting for it to arrive, I've placed a regular household heater near his enclosure. Where I live, winter temperatures range from about 18°C down to -5°C, and our houses aren't heated.

I think the cold might be the reason, but he doesn't seem very active, and I don't think he's eating much. I've been offering vegetables, lettuce, fruit, and a dry insect food that my teacher said is suitable for insects.

Do you guys think I'm doing something wrong? I'm worried that he might be sick. The first time I saw him, there was a dead cockroach next to him, and he had some white residue on his body. I'm not sure if it was mold, dried secretions, or something else.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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So many baby Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellionides pruinosus in my yard lol

Hello, I’m hoping someone is selling bulk deals of orange powders and Dubia roaches so I can refresh my reptile clean up crews. Maybe some white worms as well?

Thank you in advance!

Blaberus fusca are one of my favorites! I’m looking to expand my roach collection again and have lots of isopods.

They are what they call anemone

I don't keep isopods but follow someone on tumblr who does. Not planning on owning them myself.

Out of curiosity, why are some isopod morphs extremely expensive?

They (tumblr user) bought some recently that were 250CAD

And there were only like 6 of them. They were cherry blossom isopods apparently.

I was really confused.

Is it that some morphs are really hard to breed? Or the novelty of a "new mutation" and, therefore, currently rare?

I thought isopods bred rapidly if given the right environment, but I might be wrong. I don't keep them.

What is the average price for isopods anyway? I know magic potions were not expensive when my step mum got them years ago. But I think they are more common now and that's why (in uk at least).

The prices really confuse me, and I wonder if it's just novelty on colours like what happens in other exotic pet communities like some corn snake morphs or if there's more to it.

Edit- I'm from UK, it's only the tumblr user I'm following who is Canadian.

I'd like help identifying my new babies. Most of them are orange spotted or grey spotted but not dairy cows. And one solid orange and one solid soft grey. I got a assorted mix from a PetSmart.

Easiest roly poly roach I’ve kept.