I have these colonies of yellow zebras and papayas, as well as orange crushes that had tons of babies. but im just wondering, once mancae grow to adults, can they also have babies and continue through generations?
i once was able to capture an isopod molting for the first time in my milkback colony, and hours later, he got eaten. I have no idea why he was eaten when they have so much fish food in their bin. I researched why they ate him even with so much protein and it said that they just eat weaker individuals to strengthen the colony. Then the day before this was posted, i found another dead pod that seems to be eaten while molting. i checked the protein to reveal that they ate it all already when i was not in the house. I knew that was the reason why they ate him, but thinking about the first eaten pod when there was protein available, it could happen again. i once had 12 milkbacks and not its down to 10. how do i stop them from eating pods that are molting?
I have this big plant in my garden, but ive been wondering for awhile if ican use it for pods too. If i were to use it, i would take a leaf, wash it, then boil it for 5 mins, then let it dry.
my colony had like prob 3-4 broods, now they're out of control and i might have too many of them! Before you tell me, i know there's such a thing as overpopulation, and i've got that noted.
Armadillidium maculatum 'Yellow Zebra' btw.
weeks ago, i posted a photo with an OC manca asking wether if it was actually OC mancae or an escapee from another species. then suddenly theres like 5 to 10 more babies spotted!
PLEASE READ: so on the day this was posted, i discovered my jupiter "colony" of 3 pods came a miracle and a pod gave birth to what i found 5 babies. only problem is, this is probably the third time this colony had a batch of babies, meaning the first 2 batches actually disappeared which i may assume being dead. since i only have 3 adults left, im scared i might lose these 5 babies with a chance of being my last batch. i dont wanna lose this brood. how can i save these babies from seemingly disappearing?
Gorgeous aren't they?
so i have these "isopellets" I got off of a shop, and they work as a source of protein really well. but im worried that someday ill run out isopellets and i wont be able to supply enough protein for my pods. i dont have any dried fish or mealworms, and buying more pellets isnt an option. are there any kinds of protein that can be fed to isopods that work just as good as the pellets?
A color morph of the classic zebra.
2 shots of 2 different pods. one pod is even holding on to a piece of dirt.
One of the best photos ive taken of a certain species.
This is Orange. He is a milkback. i can tell its him because of his orange head and legs. Orange likes to hang out with the other milkbacks. Edit: please stop saying "hes not orange", its just unclear in the photo and the orange color is brighter on his legs.
this was an older video, but right now i think they had again, another brood explosion. Dang i might be suffering from success soon!
so found 3 of these moving specks in my Armadillo officinalis 'Orange Crush' bin, but i researched that Orange Crush babies are born orange already. i do not own Trichorina tomentosa yet, just in case you think some explorers crawled into this bin.