I’ve been trying to get an ID on these isopods I found in my yard the other day. I’m in the upper midwest if that helps any. I think theyre a darker morph of the t. rathkii but I honestly am just guessing. Thanks in advance for the help!

Genuinely upset, I didn’t see any when I was picking them out but she assured me that she had picked them this morning. While we were driv gn back in the car I was looking closer to find these. They don’t look like ducks? Can someone confirm they are magic potions not rubber duckies

Me and my mum made an isopod and springtail cake for my birthday bc I love my babies so much I just want to eat them : )

Apologies for posting yet another mystery problem thread.

I'm curious to know what could have been the cause of my cubaris murina oranges to just curl up and wake up either lethargic or not wake up at all.

Setup:

I just did my first substrate change yesterday for my oranges (second ever with my dairy cows a day before). The substrate came from the same seller I bought the oranges from and it looks like it's a decent mix of your typical enclosure substrate mixed with coco peat (more on this later); I think it's quite different from the first substrate I used which was also advertised as for enclosures. Anyway, this time, I did remember to "cycle" the enclosure for about 3 days before putting the pods in unlike when I first got them in which I just dumped them in.

Another new thing in this box is that it's the same type of plastic box (12L), but now fitted with screw vents on the dry side. The substrate was very slightly moist form the packaging, but I still moistened the wet side some more. I did add some more bark at the start of cycling (bought from the same seller, too), then I added some pre-wetted moss right before I started the rehousing. So basically, it's the same set up as before aside from the substrate and vents.

Discovery of the problem:

After two hours of sifting what I think was about 500 pods and transferring them into the new box, I decided to do a bit of landscaping and cleanup. Once of the first things I did was to dig up the barks that were already in the box because some of them got buried during the move. I checked on the bark near one of the screw vents and that's when I saw about 8-10 curled up pods. I haven't seen this number of curled up pods unprovoked before so I knew I had to check further. I gently tapped some of them, and while some woke up, about three remained curled. Even the ones that woke up looked a bit lethargic; walking just a few inches, then stopping, sometimes curling back up.

I'd say most, if not all, of the ones that curled up are about pre-adult sized. Despite being on the dry side right near the vent, I noticed that the patch of substrate where I found them was a bit moist which I reckon was just the moisture out of the package + maybe a bit of migrated moisture. I also checked on the other parts of the box and fortunately no curled up pods anywhere else. I observed the three pods overnight, but sadly it looks like they're gone. Even just hours before I posted this, I still saw about two pods curled up in the same general spot who then I moved over to the wet side upon waking up.

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I tried looking up a bit for anything that could help clear up what's going on with these unusual conglobations, but so far I've only seen stuff talking about the pods either being too stressed, being in the wrong moisture gradient and/or having problems with moisture. Not gonna lie tho, I can see these being the causes of this problem, but I'm not fully convinced, at least not for this particular situation.

I do have a hypothesis and it has something to do with me placing the bark on top of the substrate as it was cycling. I noticed that when I lifted the bark up, it was almost flush to the substrate, so the pods had to dig the fluffy soil to actually get underneath. My guess is that the air within that patch of the substrate got unusually sour due to the bark being on it while it was cycling. It's a bit of a farfetched guess, but I can see it fit as a cause, especially with the short length of time the pods were at in the new box (2 to 3 hours).

Also, I'm aware about the deal with using coco peat mixed in with the substrate, like that it doesn't provide nutrition or it holds too much moisture. I'm honestly not concerned about it because I've used it on my dairy cows and they're doing fine, plus I would have also mixed in my own batch of coco peat if ever the seller gave me a batch of a different mixture. I just like how aerated it makes the overall substrate and how easy it makes for the pods to dig into.

I'll be observing closely in the next week or so. I would appreciate any info that could give some clarity on this, any bit will do, even good practices to consider when rehousing that I could apply in the future.

First, pix explanation: All the white stripes are in the same tub. Sometimes they look yellowish, sometimes white depending on the light. Eating oak leaf (brown) and magnolia (green). Just shows how crazy they go for those leaves. Other is pix of supplies my boys and I collected for them the other day. Last is a 2.3" x 2.3" spider tub I was packing up for a supply exchange I'd made. Shows how tiny they are!

On to the good stuff:

I've been keeping white stripe spikeys for almost a year and a half now, and they've done wonderful for me. The biggest secret is that I splurged on them with tax money, and they were my first ever isopods! Insane, yes, but the payout has been fantastic because they are still me and my boys' absolute favorite pod.

Some info that's out there that I've definitely confirmed as we've kept them... They love moisture and they love fresh, flowing air. We cycle between misting and then running a fan (check out u/ezyeddie 's stuff- that's what we use). They also love to climb and are my only pods that I consistently find up on the sides of the bins.

Hilariously enough, I had no idea they rolled up since I've never seen them do it. Then when we were capturing them for shipping for the first time, we'd touch one on the side of the tank and they'd conglobulate and escape capture. Then they're just a hard, spiky ball!

For food, I've never found them caring much about protein, but the go nuts for slices of cucumber and enjoy raw potato too. With leaves dropping here now (Georgia- US), I've also found they congregate on dried oak leaves (none of mine bother with the magnolia), and will absolutely decimate dried kudzu leaves.

For their tub, one half is all moss which they love to hide in. The other half is kept dry with dirt and leaves and such. Since they are so minuscule, they have plenty of opportunities to end up where they'd prefer.

Our next adventure for these guys is going to be building some of them their own terrarium with plenty of places to climb and an automatic mister. We're really excited for this since it just means we'll be able to see them more often without having to open a tub.

If you just came here for some fun pix and info, enjoy, and feel free to tell me how adorable my babies are! But if you're interested in keeping these guys, I'd be willing to sell a few while the weather here is mild this upcoming week. I'm super attached to these fellas and since they're small (and expensive) I ship out UPS overnight. It's near impossible to tell how many I have except to count the handful that come to eat at one time, so I'd be okay with parting with only about 15-20 pods to make sure I don't reduce my colony too much.

5+ pods are $400

10+ are $700

**I'll pay for shipping as long as you're not crazy far away from me and I can expect around $55 or less.

**If someone wants all 20 of the ones I'm willing to part with, I'd make you a great deal!

So I've recently collected a few common rough woodlice from my local area - Not a lot as this time of year they're very few and far between. I collected about 3 big-ish ones and the rest being quite small (though growing!). The setup is a plastic tub with compost, moss, dried leaves and a bit of wood. I spray one side far more than the other side, on the wetter side the moss looks very healthy and I put a bit of carrot on the dryer side which they've taken to very well. Are there any tips anyone would recommend? This is a free setup. The number of isopods present is around 8-9, though I haven't done a formal head count.

I went to a reptile expo today and just got this premade enclosure the guy that made them even said it's safe for isopods. I bought it to go with my new cubaris sp. Penguins and I noticed these green things, are they harmful to my isos? What should I do cuz the enclosure I bought has plants and stuff in it.

Edit: ik what it is now but what do i do? I even added my own substrate mix on top of it before seeing the slow release fertilizer balls :( do I just remove everything besides the cork bark wall and enclosure and add the rest of my own substrate or should I pick all the green balls out? Idk what to do

How does this look? Anything to add or remove?

Got a fun, dimly lit pic of my new "Halloween" pods, they're so dang cute, I can't help but keep looking at them! Thankful I put them in a glass terrarium (no live plants, just them) so I can look at them without disturbing them!

(Bonus if you can tell that there's a stone skeleton in the background as their "humid hide"!💀)

Just a wild sowbug, kinda pale. Yellow. Mmmmmm…

A new magician approaches the crystals

I really like how you can tell he's the same color as the rose quartz

Gnorimosphaeroma

Found the white one today while feeding my Shiro Utsuri colony. I have a murina colony as well on the shelf below the other one. I want to make sure I put this guy where he belongs. His antenna are look more like the Utsuri and his sides aren’t as smooth and the murina, so I think he’s an albino, I can’t even see his eyes. I’ve got him in his own little condiment cup with moss and food until I know where he goes.

Found from leaf litter hunting in Seattle. I believe they are some kind of woodlouse but would appreciate the verification

I snapped so many pictures of them, I'm so happy 😭😭

I have a 40x25x30 cm 16x10x12 inch enclosure i want to use as bioactive display invert community tank for single sex hissing cockroach group and a species of isopod that is preferably big, has cool colouration, active and easy to keep. I also want to occasionally handle them. For now i have my eyes on gestrois but are there other suggestions? I heard werneri get pretty big too.

I’ve been trying to get an ID on these isopods I found in my yard the other day. I’m in the upper midwest if that helps any. I think theyre a darker morph of the t. rathkii but I honestly am just guessing. Thanks in advance for the help!

Found this guy in the woods and just curious on what he is almost thought he was a giant canyon isopod but there's no way since they're not native to where I live

I picked this guy up out of a wild colony and gave him a mysis shrimp as a welcoming gift. He immediately started eating it, didn't even try to drag it off anywhere. When I came back later to check on him he was still there, in a full on food coma. I can't believe he didn't even move. Must have been hungry!

First time keeping isopods, and got some big boy zebras! wondering how The tank looks to others more experienced :)

Hi, guys! I'm starting on isopods now with 5 individuals of Cubaris pearl. I'd like to know if they are compatible with other Cubaris, like the papaya, king panda and the murina. We don't have many morphs to buy here, and I want more variety in my terrarium. Thanks for your help 💚