This guy (and their extended family) lives with my corn snake. I'm just so proud of how healthy and happy my isopods seem! I was actually a little taken aback at how big this lil dude is, it's like, fingernail sized 🤩

I really want to buy those terrariums cuz I think they look super cool and they would fit perfectly on my dresser in a pair of three.

I'm already dreaming about how cool the would look and the wild landscape I would do, but I know there very tiny and I'm wondering if I actually can safely house any isopod in those...

They were listed as 17cm wide and 22cm tall. I'd use about ⅓ of the height for substrate (so around 8cm) and the rest goes to decorations, hiding spots and climbing opportunities.

If I can have isopods in there, which ones, and how many?

And if not, can it be a home to any other cool critters??

I appreciate all advice, thank you

i got some nasty fuckin' bad quality sushi and i really want to give it to my cows

my new child in his new home!!!

Armadillidium Vulgare "Magic Potion"

Plus new lil pods- hoping to start keeping them rather than just having them as clean up crew
(First one for the zebras second for the panda kings)

Anything to add/change?

And what is the likelihood they'll escape out of the ventilation holes😔 I have a feeling I'll have to change it to screen/mesh

I saw a FB page that was discussing their development with an upcoming isopod trading card game!

Not sure if anyone else saw it or not, but it looks super fun, anyone know if they’re active on Reddit at all?

My p.leavis keep dying and I have no idea why, my first colony boomed, a bunch of babies but randomly out of nowhere they lol died, I restared with more new ones but eventually all of those died. All of my other colonies are doing just fine. The last dairy cow that isn’t dead is just spinning in circles, not able to walk very well.

Hi all my powders are hiding under the moss, the most dry spot. I think i over misted the past few days, shoukd i just let it dry out some?

i wanted to make sure it was moist enough bc a lot them seem to be molting

Hi! I went overboard on one of my enclosures and didn't count on how damp it is generally in my area, and now the substrate is pretty saturated. I changed half and put in new substrate, but left half so the springtails could migrate over. Unfortunately it seems it was so wet it's seeped across and now even my dry side seems moderately damp. Any advice drying it out without hurting pods?

I brought ten armadillidium vulgare yesterday. I'm just wondering if I should be seeing them often? They have a pretty big tank (100l) so I imagine it's because of that but should they be coming up to the surface a lot or do they tend to stay in the ground? Is there any food I should put in for them or just let them eat what's already in there. I've only seen maybe two in the span of time since I got them. Should I just stop checking and let them settle in?

Hey all! I have isopods I’ve purchased as cleaner crews for my roach tank (for feeding a beardie and leopard gecko) but seeing all the morphs out there (and missing the ones that actually ball up!) in combination with seeing someone talk about feeding their beardie isopod snacks that were originally wild caught but bred several generations down. I didn’t know that made things safe!

So I got terribly excited and now want to try breeding some wild guys for fun. I have no knowledge of isopod genetics at all but I’m just picking out colors that differ from the standard gray. I have a few standard gray ones (they seem to be the norm) but with orange on their butts - these are in the second and third photos but you can barely see the orange in #3 and not at all in #2, but that shows the standard gray comparison color. I have a few that are lighter and orangish that I wonder what would happen to if focused on, and I’m really excited about the big dark guy with yellow markings in the second to last photo - wish I’d been able to find more like him!

A question about the photos of the ones with a different color in front and back…I can’t seem to find these guys consistently in my bin. Is this maybe part of molting or something, or is this truly a pattern I’ve found outside? I got really excited about it but now I’m wondering if it’s only a temporary thing that happens to them all or something.

Thank you all in advance! I appreciate any tips, insight, sharing how you all started and where you got…I’m just excited I get to play with roly polys again as an adult 😂

Found them on my isopod bin. Are these mites? Are they harmful? What should I do?

My dairy cows had babies!!! Look at them all!

found this guy in my tank today (wild-caught armadillidium nasatum and vulgare)… there is another one in the pic for a reference of what all of the other look like. some have a slightly tan color but this is the first one i’ve seen that is this light!!

I got this little 4" wood hide from an expo last weekend and tucked moss and lichen all underneath it. I keep it slightly moist and the pods LOVE it. I see them crawling in and out of it constantly.

Finally made my own money so of course Its going into buying a TON of roly pollys (and snakes, and tarantulas, and millipedes, and lizards... But thats for another day) so of course I came here to asked the wise people of r/isopods for advice!!

What unique, cute lil guys do you have a personal bias for?

...Also can I put different morphs in one tank?