Category: Cleanup Crews

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Rolly Pollies Remove Heavy Metals From Soil, Stabilize Growing Conditions, Protect Groundwater

Armadillidium vulgare

This is very interesting.  We have heard recently that Mealworms eat plastic and Waxworms eat Styrofoam, but now the Roly Poly might actually be helping us by removing heavy metals from the soil.  Get some Isopods and save the Earth.  This give an entirely new meaning to the term “clean-up crew” when applied to Isopods in terrariums.

We will have Armadillidium Vulgare, which is the species that this story is about, when the weather warms up again.  We have some beautiful morphs. Check out the pics below.   The story is below also.

Armadillidium Vulgare
Roly Poly Isopods

 

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2017/06/study-finds-rolly-pollies-remove-heavy-metals-from-soil.html

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How to Culture Temperate Springtails

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Springtails

Folsomia candida

(Collembola)

Springtails are arthropods.  They are soil swelling insects that feed upon decaying organic matter in soil.  They help break down dead and decaying matter.

They are a great food for Dart Frogs, fish and other small amphibians and reptiles.  They are very easy to culture as long as you keep them clean and watch for signs of culture crashing, mold or mites.

We culture out Springtails on activated charcoal and lump charcoal.  We feed our Springtails brewers yeast and a few small amounts of grains.  We grow many thousands of springtails in each culture and we also sell cultures.  Of regular white temperate springtails, pink springtails and tropical springtails.  The tropical variety are great for any terrarium that requires high temperatures.

Check out our video which will walk you through the culturing process.  Also check out the links below to get the things that you will need to culture your own springtails at home.