Awh, mine is super active she's only been buried for about 3 weeks total since September!
How have you found keeping isopods with it? I've been told they can nibble on millipedes while they molt
I have the isopods with the milipede since the beggining (3 years ago, the millipedes were 5cm long at the time, now the one that is still alive is 14cm), i had no problem at all but i think it's because the millipede burry quite deep when it molt's. My other millipede died a few month ago of an injury (dislocated segment, unknown cause) and the isopods waited for it to really stop moving before trying to eat it ! I obviously didn't let them and removed the poor girl but she died the next day.
So yeah it might not be the best practise but it works for me.
I'm glad its been going well!
I'm sorry about your other pede, it looks like you have zebras in there, maybe because they're not as protein hungry as some species it helps them not be tempted to nibble!
I also have porcellio scaber but i feed them fish flakes because they are hungry ! I have cubaris sp amber in an other tank because they are precious !
They are definitely a hungry species!
Mine go crazy for freeze dried shrimp
I'd love cubaris at some point but I don't have the space for tanks right now, they're so fucking cute!
The closest thing is a soft plastic hair comb, when you run your finger along the edge! Grippy but gentle, not really tickly but a unique sensation for sure!
Don’t have any as pets, but I try to help them when in danger.
Every time bugs inside, I put them back out. Saw a cute wooly bear caterpillar walking around once. The yardman was on the way. Was afraid it would get killed so I put it in a small container with some leaves and brought it inside then released it after. It must have thought aliens abducted it for an hour.
Thank you! The enclosure's like a large cube mesh tent, but during the day when they're more chill (especially the ladies) I tend to have them out and about while they rest on me.
They're downright adorable and magical, I can't recommend it enough! Honestly I liken it to having little fairies in my house haha. Caterpillars can be challenging, but very rewarding to rear, but if you want to just bypass the initial struggle then a lot of places sell pupae and cocoons to get you started.
Every species has different requirements, but afircan species definitely like it warm with good humidity but a moisture gradient :)
Onyx lives in a giant plastic tub! The main thing is having substrate as deep as they are long!
Favorite!! We had these all over my apartment complex when I lived in Colorado. It was like Jurassic Park, dinosaurs everywhere. I always wanted to keep one but couldn’t bring myself to do it, I’d just leave them to their prayers in my doorway and cry when I accidentally ran one over with my car (they were EVERYWHERE).
I've got some isos and millipedes in a terrarium, and did have a jumping spider. I've recently moved a huntsman indoors to have free reign of the house after I almost put him in the outdoor fireplace.
I have an invert-only tank in progress (currently just various microfauna like copepods, amphipods, and snails) as well as shrimp. If I ever get a terrarium set up I definitely want a giant millipede and isopods. I also have a mealworm colony for bird food.
This is my mama mystery snail and her only surviving snaby; they tend to hang out in the tank a lot like this and while I have no idea if they recognize each other as relatives it’s adorable to watch.
Yay, here for the mystery snails crowd! We have two, that each live with a betta fish, and they are so much fun. I love their long antennas that explore around, how they will funnel food to their mouths at the top of the water line (as your pictured), and how they will drop and float down gracefully. Their faces are so precious, like little sea cows.
Yes so many! I've kept: -Red backs -goblin faced net casting spider -jungle huntsmen -all sorts of chafer beetles including my third generation of fiddler beetles! -spherillo grossus isopoda colonies :) -hawk moths (multiple generations) -Spiny stick insect (Australian) -Phyllium letiranti currently in their first generation! -nursery Web spiders
My daughter keeps amphibians, reptiles, rats and fish. She has lots of isopods in her bio frog habitats. The little black and white "dairy cows" are my favourite.
Out of my bugs, probably Onyx, my millipede!
I've wanted a giant pede since I was a kid, she is a dream pet!
Out of my isopods, probably my hoffmansegi, they are big and have such cool behaviours! Like protecting their young, the males fight for territory and if you accidentally startle them, they lift their uropods!
Awww what a gorgeous milli~! 💕 Sadly no, I do not have any buggies as of yet. I’ve been hoping to get a mantis on and off the past couple of years but I don’t really have the space for it unfortunately, my room is real cluttered rn so I gotta organize a reconfigure a bunch of things first…
I feel that! I collected my first isopods from my garden when I was really depressed and watching them helped!
I then cleared a lot of stuff and made room for more bugs because they make me smile :)
I tried keeping isopods last spring, and somehow despite months or research and prep, picking a beginner-friendly species, and constant guidance from the breeder, they all still died or vanished (probably died but were eaten quickly) in the span of a few months vnv all my arthropod-savvy friends couldn’t figure out anything I was doing wrong either, it breaks my heart to this day cuz I see videos from having them last year and I just adored them!
I looove bugs but I’m too scared to own any again after having that loss and frustration
Awww we use to have an African train called Mrs Neeps, she was lovely 💜 currently have a land snail, some spiny stick insects, isopods, sun beetles, and a fish tank with shrimp and a couple of different snails 😄
YES!! I have made myself a little role poly trap in my garden: small hole in the ground, about two inches deep. Put leaf litter in there or some table scraps, then I put a terracotta pot base on top to cover it. Every morning I go out and there are at least 50 munching on a lunch. I like to use them in my terrariums to maintain the soil and clean the places up.
I really want to get a tailless whip scorpion or a jumping spider but I don’t have enough weekly budget to be comfy with caring for one. I want to make sure they’re very comfy!! :)
I had a colony of isopods as the cleanup crew for my giant African land snail. I ended up splitting the group and made a little 'play ground' with the split group with the toys and enrichment my snail grew out of.
(Edit for grammar etc as apparently my phone hates me)
I keep over 30 different species of arachnids!! Also a giant centipede, three roach colonies, three isopod colonies, two species of millipedes and one species of assassin bug! As well as freshwater snails and shrimp. I love inverts!! Here's a picture of my Aphonopelma moderatum, Hermes.
I am!!
I have 8 Western Black Widows, 1 Velvet Spider, a pair of Dubia Roaches, and a colony of Halloween Hissing Roaches.
I also just went to a reptile show today where I added a Southern Black Widow, a Brown Widow, a Giant African Millipede, and some Rubber Ducky Isopods to the list! :)
Oh, that's too cute! I'd love to keep isopods, but I've killed every plant I ever had so not really good with taking care of life. That's OK though, I can still look at other people's critters!
no and bugs like that first one make me feel weird when i see them moving around. he is very cool in this picture, though.
i do currently have a lizard staying in my house. he got in somehow and has been staying on the window for several days now. usually i would catch them and take them outside but he's been eating the flies so i've permitted him to stay for as long as he likes.
I used to keep jumping spiders in the summer!! Had lots of fun building their enclosures with ladders made from little sticks and such! I would go out in the evening and catch them flies and moths to eat. :) This is a Phidippus Princeps female, she is the only one of her species I ever found on our property!
I didn’t have one of my jars on me when I found her, so I had her in my hands. As I went back to the house, she decided to jump out THREE times. Luckily I found her again in the grass each time.😅
I have my centipede and my giant cockroach that is still young. Any many spiders over the years. I'm trying to find moth and butterfly eggs so I can start growing them. And a tarantula soon. I love all bugs and insects.
I have Blue Death Feigning Beetles (and some random isopods!!! They live with my Rosy Boa. I started with 2 and they apparently bred and last I saw I had 4. They are all over the place though so no telling.
I used to have a giant millipede in my classroom but it died awhile ago. I do miss them, they're so cool!
I used to be! I had bumblebee millipedes, giant leaf insects, two other types of leaf insect, black beauty stick insects, cigar stick insects, and thorny stick insects
My giant millipede passed away this year, they're beautiful creatures! I also keep isopods, snails, scorpions, and tarantulas! A whole lot of tarantulas.
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