We finally have Cubaris Sp. “Rubber Ducky” Isopods. We have a small culture of Rubber Duckies and they are starting to breed.
That means that we are still a long way off from being able to sell them but we will eventually have them available for sale.
We have 6 types of Cubaris as well, so we are hoping to get them all breeding so that we can offer them to you at lower prices than they are currently selling at because they are so rare.
Anyway, I made a short Rubber Ducky care sheet video and I have some pictures of our breeding team of Rubber Ducky Isopods. Enjoy and please comment below if you have any questions or advice.
Fast isopods are the quickest isopods around. They get to be about a third of an inch in length. They make a great feeder for the picky eaters who need to be entertained by moving feeder insects. They also make great cleanup crew members of any enclosures.
Fast breeding, easy to keep. They like it in the 70’s and 80’s, moist and a good amount of leaf matter. They also eat fish flakes, yeast, and bee pollen. Fresh veggies are also happily accepted.
This is a morph of Porcellio Scaber that is calico in color. This has been isolated from our scaber colonies and we are currently breeding the colony in the video. We hope to have these for sale by summer 2018.
Care for Calico Scaber is exactly the same as regular gray Porcellio Scaber. Room temperature, fish flakes, carrots, alfalfa, dried leaves and coir bedding is all you need to get Scaber calico growing and breeding.
This is a new Porcellio Scaber morph that I found by accident in one of our Scaber colonies. I have isolated the yellow morphs, which number about 7. I will update this post as they breed and I will let you know what happens to this gene expression. Hopefully, they will breed true and we will have a yellow morph that makes yellow babies.
Armadillidium vulgare, also known as the “Pill Bug” and “Rollie Pollie” is a common isopod that rolls into a protective ball when disturbed.
The can get to be almost 3/4 of an inch long. Vulgare is very interesting in that it can tolerate drier conditions and also is known to Sun themselves on cold days. I have caught our Rollie Pollies sunning themselves in our greenhouse on cold days. On hotter days they will hide under rocks and debris.
Rollie Pollies will eat decaying vegetation and have also been known to be found eating rabbit droppings. At least I have caught them hanging out in rabbit droppings. I am guessing that they were eating them.
Rollie Pollies were introduced into the U.S. from Europe and can pretty much be found everywhere. They enter a state of dormancy in winter in order to survive the cold.
Skirted Isopods, are one of the larger isopods. We have had some grow larger than Giant Scaber and to almost the size of Canyon Isopods.
They are characterized by their outer fringe which resembles a skirt. We have developed black and brown Skirted Isopods as you will see in the pictures below.
They are found under the bark of fallen trees in nature. They are active when disturbed but seem to enjoy spending their time in communities under bark.
Provide them with a large container with coconut coir substrate, peat moss or leaf mold. Also provide rotting sticks and logs for them to climb on and eat. They enjoy eating the leaves of hardwood trees.
They also love eating Brewer’s Yeast, fish food flakes and carrot and potato slices.
Keep them between 65 and 80 degrees for best growth and breeding.
Mist the enclosure, substrate and hiding spots but do not make it wet.
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