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Porcellio ornatus :)

>>5008539
Bumble bee looking motherfucker

>>5009485
This morph is actually pretty close.

>hold my pollen

My friend recently gave me some robbery duckies and today I found a few babies in the tub, this is the greatest day of my life

>>5009705
>robbery duckies

>>5009705
>>5009707

Do you sterilize old substrate before throwing it out?

>>5009721
Why would you sterilize it?

>>5009721
>throwing it out
Pile some new shit on there, have some plants, and there's no need.

Anyone know of any red isopods? Preferably all red?

>>5010543
I didn't, so I went on a little pod hunt.

Orange is easy to get by selecting for lack of pigment, but actual red is very rare.
Here's the reddest (but still mostly orange) isopods I could find. The reasonably available ones range from ~$15-$50 for 10, to ~$150-$600 for the mythic Actually Red isopods.
Prices and availability vary a lot, so you may find some of these way cheaper on a lucky day, but I doubt the bottom ones will be anywhere near common or reasonably priced for years.

Most of these are just picking your favorite orange desu. If you don't mind that, your options are unlimited and you can simply pick up some Powder Orange from a brick and mortar pet shop for like $10.

>>5010643
Thanks for the hunt and pointers anon. It sucks that the embers are so expensive, but at least the sinodillo looks pretty neat. I will have to look have a look at them and see if they are available where I am based. But yeah you're right about orange, I might pick some of those up for an orange theme setup some time lol

>>5010543
You could try Androniscus dentiger, but you have to go to Scotland to find them yourself. And only near Protestant churches, not Catholic ones.
That's not a joke.

>>5010922
>And only near Protestant churches
Wait, what? Are these little fuckers reformed or presbyterian or something?

>>5010974
Episcopalians
When they built the old churches, builders would mix blood into the mortar to give it a waterproofing quality. More modern churches use a different chemistry that these pods don't like for some reason.

>>5010990
That is somehow really hardcore and now I want them

>>5010643
>slow as fuck breeding
>fragile as shit
>colors dissapointing as fuck IRL
Is there a more cucked genus than Merulanella?

>>5012599
I heard these lil' niggas are pretty slow breeding wise. Their morphs have never impressed me

>>5012642
All armadillidiums or just potions? My Gestrois breed pretty quick

Does anyone know where I can find hieroglyph isopods? Only a few pics of them online and I want the really bad

>>5013025
The only photos of "hieroglyph isopods" seem to be from Nicky, and he lists it under Australia on his website with no other information beyond "Armadillidae sp."

I'm pretty sure it's actually just a highly accentuated morph of Cubaris murina (Armadillidae genus). Only one I can find with the right patterning and texture.
There's a million varieties of this species in the hobby because it's the shitter Cubaris for poor people who can't afford duckies.
Nicky might've found them at an expo as a project by some breeder who didn't manage to produce enough for them to be sold anywhere online. Or perhaps it has a different name and is only found in non-english communities. I think the only way you can get any more info is if you ask the photographer.

>>5012599
There was a taxonomic reordering in March, all former Merulanella species in the hobby are now under the new genus Ardentiella.

How do you know when the dirt is moist enough? Some big pods keep chilling on the wet side of the box, should I keep watering it until they move to the middle? Is is possible to overwater it? (I know there should be no water pools nor mold)

>>5013330
What species?

>Is is possible to overwater it?
Yeah, it should never be sopping and dripping water when you squeeze it. Some people have cork hides on both sides to easily monitor which side they're gravitating to.

>>5009705
>robbery duckies
SHEEEEIIIIIT WHERE THE LEAVES AT

>>5013665
Some common A. vulgare I picked in a forest, so they should be pretty sturdy.
>Some people have cork hides ln both sides
So they should be hanging around the dry side and water should be added when they're on the wet side?

>>5014414
Ideally both sides.
If they're all clinging to one side it means they really do not like other one, and probably find it hard to breathe.
It is safer to lean towards too wet than too dry though, obviously isopods don't all die when it rains, but they'll have trouble molting if they can't find a dryer area.

cool rockweed isopod

>>5015524
Thats a nice emerald green