Let's start off with my personal fave, Reductoniscus tuberculatus! These little dwarves are covered in little tubercles/spines, and are quite rotund and broad in morphology compared to some other conglobating spp..
I have mine set up in a well ventilated enclosure with a couple inches of coco fiber substrate/bark chips, topped with leaf litter. I'm keeping them humid, at around 75-80F°, and offering dog food as the supplemental diet.
Here are some pictures of the little chonkers:
Such a cool little species, and I believe they've already started breeding for me. 😄
Next up, I got a group of Porcellio sp. "Canary Islands, Spain". These are a small and very heavily textured species, and some may consider their many prominent tubercles "spikes". As such they are often traded under the name "Spikey Canare". They are subtly marked with some ornate patterning, and a whiteout form (named "Ivory") has been isolated, though I do not own it (yet).
I have them set up in a well ventilated enclosure with a thin layer of coconut fiber substrate, topped with bark and leaf litter. I'm keeping two thirds of the substrate humid, the rest dry. I'm feeding them dog food as the supplemental diet, and keeping them at around 75F°.
Here are some pics:
I have seen some mancae in their enclosure recently, so it seems they are doing well! A very underrated species, one that I hope takes off in the hobby a little more.
I've also gotten a group of Porcellio echinatus, a medium sized Porcellio that's quite similar to P.scaber, though with slightly different morphology. Namely, they are even bumpier and more heavily textured than scaber.
I've got them housed in a well ventilated enclosure with a thin layer of coconut fiber, topped with bark and leaf litter. I'm offering them dog food as the supplemental diet, keeping two thirds of the enclosure humid, the rest dry, and have them at around 75F°.
Here are some pictures:
They are breeding prolifically for me already, care seems very comparable to scaber. I'd really love to see some morphs popping up of this species in the future, they're a very nice, basic isopod species.
Last but not least, I've gotten a group of Venezillo parvus "Dalmatian". This is a small but fairly prolific species, and while I've heard some stocks of this morph have been poorly isolated and traded off before breeding true, this line from Stella seems to be breeding true to the "Dalmatian" morph coloration, and I haven't seen any wild types pop up in my culture at all.
I've got them housed in a moderately ventilated enclosure, with a couple inches of coco fiber substrate, topped with bark and leaf litter. They are being kept humid, and at around 75-80F°. I'm offering dog food as the supplemental diet.
Here are pics of the little darlings:
This colony has started breeding prolifically for me, and after having them for a little while, I already want the wild type and orange morphs of this species as well. 😆
Anyways, this was a phenomenal trade, huge thanks to Stella Larson! Thanks for reading this post, hope everyone enjoyed, and I'll see you all next time! 😉
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