r/isopods • • 19h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) Can my T. Trilobatus participate in FFF

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304 Upvotes

I was expecting them to be flatter tbh. But don't tell them that.

Also can we please create an FFF flair !?


r/isopods • • 8h ago

Media Paint a pod

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137 Upvotes

r/isopods • • 21h ago

Media Flat Fuck Friday

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94 Upvotes

I promise it's not just bolivari....


r/isopods • • 17h ago

Media Flat fuck eating

89 Upvotes

Sorry for the shaky cam, it's pretty hard to do macro without a tripod and it was an unscheduled recording so I didn't have time for a proper setup


r/isopods • • 16h ago

Media Armadillidium Espanyoli "Marbelized" - Every single one of them has a different pattern !

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42 Upvotes

r/isopods • • 13h ago

Help Can someone ID these?

21 Upvotes

Got this box with a lot of random isopods.. and having a hard time IDing them. Anyone that can tell me what is in there?


r/isopods • • 22h ago

Media It's That Day of the Week Again

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20 Upvotes

Happy flack fuck Friday, everyone!

These are some of my P hoffmannseggi. I love how tiny the babies are next to the adults. Why are they so damn cute?!


r/isopods • • 16h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) Teeny Tiny Baby Panda King🐼

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15 Upvotes

So cute, I had to share!!


r/isopods • • 18h ago

Text I finally have babies!

10 Upvotes

I have no pics if course because they are teeny tiny and I dont want to open the bin to mess with them but I FINALLY have babies in my first dairy cow enclosure. This was my first time actually keeping isopods versus putting them in my geckos tank. I am a proud grandma lol. These babies have stressed me out from day one but things are finally looking up!

Edit: I was able to get one terrible photo of the one I can see. See in comments


r/isopods • • 17h ago

Media FFF Contribution

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11 Upvotes

Baby P. Magnificus


r/isopods • • 21h ago

Identification Bioluminescent iso?

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10 Upvotes

Found these guys around my campsite in the Cherokee National Forest last night. They were bright enough to light up the leaves they were crawling under like lamp shades. Is this just firefly larva or something different?


r/isopods • • 14h ago

Text what isopod should I be for Halloween

8 Upvotes

unsure what flair this goes under but the question remains !!!!!


r/isopods • • 16h ago

Media Lavas love an avocado

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8 Upvotes

Lavas going crazy over the dark outer layer of this dried avocado shell.


r/isopods • • 16h ago

Media More flat fucks eating

9 Upvotes

Since it's FFF, here's more werneri!


r/isopods • • 12h ago

Media One (1) panda cub spotted

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8 Upvotes

First/only time I’ve peeked under a hide since getting them and I saw this unexpected little guy :)


r/isopods • • 18h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) Zebra newborn mancae vs adult (likely its mom)

6 Upvotes

Not directly next to eachother, but still pretty neat :) this is my first clutch of zebra babies!!


r/isopods • • 18h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) New Guys!

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6 Upvotes

My new Troglodillo Soil colony, exploring their new digs.


r/isopods • • 23h ago

Identification Youngstown, OH

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5 Upvotes

in youngstown Ohio visiting family and found an isopod inside. I’m accustomed to the species that are common where I love, but I’ve never seen one of these.


r/isopods • • 8h ago

Help Upgrading our isopod terrarium

4 Upvotes

Hi fellow isopod enthusiasts!
We have an isopod kit that we have had for a while now and we’re going to upgrade it to a 10 gallon tank. The only things we have in it currently are the isopods, springtails, temp/humidity gauges, some leaf litter, the zoo med creature soil, a shell, a small toy (kids gave it as enrichment), and a cork hide.

The list I have for upgrading is as follows:

10 gallon tank
Mesh screen lid
LED grow light
extra charcoal and worm castings
More springtails

Clay pebbles LECA or aquarium pebbles on bottom (1 inch layer)
Organic top soil
Leaf litter
Cork bark hides

Wet side:
Sphagnum Moss
Lemon button fern
Fittonia nerve plant

Dry side:
Prayer Plants
Watermelon Peperomia

From what I’ve read, I can just add everything into the new tank with the substrate mix so we don’t lose the home they’ve made so far as well as any tiny ones that may be in there.

The reason for the plants I chose is that we have cats and a dog, so we’re doing our best to keep the terrarium friendly for all the animals in our home.

Am I missing anything? Any advice is welcome. I’d like to do this as budget friendly as possible but also making sure to keep our isopods safe.


r/isopods • • 7h ago

Media Leaf litter season in USAmerica

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My isopods are always demanding, "more leaf litter!"

It's leaf litter season, so I made it rain. Collected an entire bag in like 5 minutes. Perfect time of year to treat your 'pods to free eats.

Also, isopod habitat enrichment is a gourd use of seasonal squash shells.


r/isopods • • 9h ago

Help How to take care of isopods in cold climates?

3 Upvotes

I've been thinking about starting my first isopod colony and I've read about how they need leaf litter to graze on, but I live in Canada and there's very large spans of time where there's nowhere to get a decent amount of leaves without them rotting over time and winter here usually lasts for upwards of 4 months. Are there any practical ways to provide material for them to graze on that don't rely on seasons? I don't wanna risk being cruel to them.

Sorry if this sounds stupid lmao but it's been on my mind for a while now


r/isopods • • 10h ago

Help Would this be ok for my cubaris blonde duckies?

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3 Upvotes

I live in Oklahoma and it's beginning to get colder here so my room is now around 65ish, I want to get a heat mat to put on the side of their enclosure in case it gets too cold and wanna know if this zoomed one is alright? Also do I put it on the end of the dry side or should I put it on one of the sides that has both wet/dry side? I currently have their enclosure at around 71 by wrapping it (the ventilation holes aren't covered) in my blankets until I can get a heat mat


r/isopods • • 11h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) My new dairy cows

3 Upvotes

They are so cute omg

I bought them on sunday, but I forgot to show them here


r/isopods • • 17h ago

Media new isopod enclosure - thoughts?

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I set up my geckos old baby tank for just some leftover plants and now isopods (springtails too of course).

Thoughts? Its a 12×12×idk i think 16in tank. In the pictures there is a lot of moisture because I had just planted everything but I added powder isopods in yesterday and am keeping the right side with plants moist and the left dryer.

I have limestone rocks coming in but for now there is some bits of cuttlebone in there for them. I havent seen anyone want to eat the strawberry though. I may give them a little carrot slice instead to see if that draws them in.


r/isopods • • 8h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) Littorophiloscia vittata - Eastern Saltmarsh Woodlouse

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I finally found some in the wild. Collected right by the Delaware River on rotting Holly wood.

These guys are absolutely tiny and very active. I’m really hoping I can get a colony going because they’re fucking rad.