Category: Isopods Care

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Roach Building Almost Complete

Live Roaches

We have expanded our selection of isopods, adding Asian and Spanish Isopods to our farm.  We have also added many new rare, large and feeder roaches to our breeder groups.  Millipedes have also joined our farm and are happily breeding as I write this.  Pillipedes are my favorite.

In all, we have 68 types of roaches, 54 types of Isopods and 8 types of Millipedes.

To accomplish this, we had to add a small building for our live roaches.  It is still being organized but it is heated with 3 types of heat, electric, propane and oil, so that we have backup systems in the event of a storm or power failure.

We also hooked up a warning system that calls, emails and texts me when the temp and humidity levels fall below the perfect habitable zone for live roaches.  If you want to know more about that, just comment below or send me a message.

Here is a shot of the roach building.  The plants in the middle are Peace Lilies, which are great for removing ammonia from the air.  We will be getting more of these for this building and some of our other buildings.

I will list our list of species below.  I will do that because we are always looking for more.  If you have something, not on the list, please contact us with what you have with a price.  You can do that by clicking on the contact form on the left menu of this site.

The red highlighted names indicate that we are looking for more, even though we have active breeding colonies.  Most of these are not yet for sale but they will be coming online over the next few months so stop back in or join our mailing list to get informed as new species are added.

If you do not see it listed, that means that we do not have it and that we may want to buy what you have.  Send us what you have here.

Thank you!!

Ken

 

ROACHES

Roach Name Scientific Name
Orange head roaches Eulaberus posticus
Surinam roaches Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Horse shoe crab roaches Hemiblabera tenebricosa
Lobster roach Nauphoeta cinerea
Hissing roaches Gromphadorhina portentosa
Giant cave roach Blaberus giganteus
Six spotted roach Eublaberus distanti
Goblin roach Paratemnopteryx couloniana (red goblin roach)
Turkistan roach Blatta lateralis
Deaths head roach Blaberus craniifer
Ivory head roach Eublaberus ivory
Pantanal roach Eublaberus serranus
Oriental roach Blatta orientalis
Banana roach Panchlora nivea
Giant Green Banana Roach
Discoid roach Blaberus discoidalis
Pallid roach Phoetalia pallida
Red head roach Oxyhaloa deusta
Australian roach Periplaneta australasiae
Shadow roach Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Porcelain Roach Gyna lurida
Giant Peppered Roach Archimandrita tesselata
Harlequin Roach Neostylopyga Rhombifolia
Dusky Cave Roach Blaberus fusca
Hissing Roach Flat Aeluropoda insignis
Halloween Hissing Roach Elliptorhina javanica
Zebra Roaches Eurycotis Decipiens
African Bullet Roaches Blattidae sp.
Dubia Roaches Orange Spotted Roaches Blaptica Dubia
Rothi Giant Roach Byrsotria rothi
Wide Horned Hisser Gromphadorhina oblongata
Parcoblatta caudelli (Caudell’s wood roach)
Parcoblatta cf. americana (American wood roach)
chnoptera deropeltiformis “Ruby Red” (Dark woods roach)
Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Dark Woods Normal
Parcoblatta divisa (Southern wood roach)
Anallacta methanoides (Mauritian zebra-faced roach)
Gyna caffrorum (Chrome roach/Ghost porcelain roach)
Tiger Hissing Roach Gromphadorhina grandidieri
Firefly mimic
Pale-bordered Field Cockroach Pseudomops septentrionalis
Milk Roach Diploptera punctata Pacific Beetle Mimic
Taiwanese leaf mimic roach Rhabdoblatta formosana
Centurian Roach Gyna centurio
Hooded Roach compsodes schwarzi
Lobe loboptera decipiens
Ember Roach Pycnoscelus striatus
Question marks Therea olegrandjeani
Gisborne roach Drymaplaneta
Lobopterella dimidiatipes
Red and Black Roach Opisthoplatia orientalis
Florida Skunk Roach Eurycotis floridiana
No name Eurycotis Improcera
SAUSSURE’S GIANT SAND ROACH Polyphaga saussurei
The Hustler Roach Eurycotis Lixa
Warty Glowspot Lucihormetica verrucosa
Chinese Medicinal Roaches Eupolyphagea sinesis
Domino Roaches Therea petivereana
Ornate Velvet Roach Deropeltis paulinoi
Zebra Wood Roach Parcoblatta zebra=20 for 30$
Deropeltis
Extinct in the Wild Roach Simandoa conserfariam
Big black beetle mimic roaches Ergaula pilosa
Wingless Female Roach pycnoscelus femapterus
Arizona Wood Roach parcoblatta notha
Desert Wood Roach parcoblatta desertae
Orin’s Zebra Roach Dorylea orini
Little Penguins

ISOPODS

Common Name Scientific Name
Scaber Gray
Rollie Pollie Armadillidium Vulgare
Clown Montenegro
Nosy Peach Nastium
Orange Vigor Armadillidium Vulgare
 “High Yellow” Porcellio Ornatus
 “Dark South” Porcellio Ornatus
High Yellow Chocolate Porcellio Ornatus
Porcellio Hoffmanseggi
Porcellio Magnificus
Smooth Isopod Porcellio Laevis
Zebra Rollie Pollie Armadillidium Macalatum
Giant Canyon Isopod
Dwarf White
Purple Isopods
Dwarf Gray Stripped
Rathkii
Skirted Isopod Onicus Assellius
PIBALD Onicus Assellius
Convexus
Flowery Blue Isopods  Floria
Powdery Orange PP
Powdery Blue pp
N.  Cristas
Dwarf Ventillio Parvus
Agabiformius lentus
Granulatum
A. Sordidium “Punta Cana”
Sevilla
Ligia Pallasii
Fast Isopods ATLANTOSCIA FLORIDANA
Sp. Carpet
High Yellow Porcellio Haasi
A. dentiger:
Hylo/Trichoniscus sp.
Picopod Isopoda sp. “Picopod”
Florida Isopoda sp. “Florida”
White Out rathkii “White Out”:
Pumpkin Pod T. rathkii “Pumpkin Pod”
V. arizonicus:
Nosy Normal Nastium
Versicolor Armadillidium
Thai Isopoda sp. “Thai”
Corycream Armadillidum corycraem
Rubber Duckies Cubaris SP
Little Sea Isopod Cubaris Murina
PORCELLIO SILVESTRII
Armadillidium Gestroi
Borneo Cubaris SP.
Red Fringe Cubaris SP
Blonde Ducky Cubaris SP
p. Virgatus

 

Millipedes

Bumblebee
American Giant Millipede Narceus americanus
Spotted Yellow Flat Back
Scarlet Millipedes
Flat Black
Desert Millipedes Orthoporus ornatus
Pillipedes glomeris pulchra
Ivory millipede Chicobolus spinigerus
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RUBBER DUCKY ISOPODS ARE HERE!

RUBBER DUCKY ISOPODS

 

From Thailand

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.

Thanks for stopping in.
Ken

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Grey Springtails in my Onicus Asellus Culture

Tomocerus sp

Grey Springtails

I noticed some grey things jumping around in my Onicus Asellus culture today.  I have had an odd morph of Onicus Asellus that I have been breeding and I was looking for babies when I noticed a couple of hundred grey things jumping round.  I have white and pink springtails but never had dark grey so I thought they were fleas at first.

It turns out that they are grey springtails called Tomocerus sp..  They also seem to breed well in the culture.

My original Onicus Asellus culture cam from Thompson Park in Monroe Township, NJ so the springtails must have hitched a ride with them when I found them in October of 2017.

I have a short video of the springtails and the isopods that I was talking about above.

 

 

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ATLANTOSCIA FLORIDANA “FAST ISOPODS#

FAST ISOPODS

Atlantoscia Floridana

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. 

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Porcellio Scaber “Calico” Morph

Porcellio Scaber "Calico"

Porcellio Scaber “Calico”

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.

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Exciting Yellow Porcellio Scaber Morph

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.

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Porcellio Laevis Smooth Isopods Care Sheet

Smooth Isopods

Porcellio Laevis

 

Porcellio Laevis, or Smooth Isopods can be found in warmer climates around the world.  The are found on the coasts of the U.S. in the warmer areas.

They are smooth and have been known to grow to 3/4″.  They are prolific breeders and begin breeding before reaching full size.

Needs:

Housing:  Any smooth sided container made of glass or plastic.

Food:  Leaves, fish flakes, Brewer’s yeast, small slices of vegetable scraps.

Heat:  Laevis likes it warmer, so 65F to 85F to thrive and breed.

Substrate:  Coconut Fiber, leaf mold or peat that is damp but not wet.

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Flowery Blue Isopods Porcellionides floria Care

Flowery Blue Isopods

Flowery Blue Isopods

Porcellionides floria

Porcellionides floria are a fast growing, fast breeding isopod that will rapidly fill their enclosure with young. Keep segregated from other isopods because they will out-compete others for food because of their fast breeding. They are easy to care for and eat many different types of dried leaves, grasses and foods. They are fond of Oak Leaves, Alfalfa hay and fish flakes but will also eat many different food scraps.

Flowery Blue Isopods
Flowery Blue Isopods

They are native to the southern United States but have been found as far north as New Jersey.  They can be found in various warm places around the globe due to Human transport. They are often found under rocks heated by Sunshine or in warm compost heaps. The range from powder blue to light orange in color and we are currently working on a white variation. They have waxy grains on their exoskeleton that makes them look like they are covered in a soft blue powder.

Food:  Fish flakes, alfalfa grass, dried leaves,
Brewer’s yeast and fruit and vegetable slices are happily
eaten by Porcellionides floria.

Sprinkle some Brewer’s yeast in a corner and mist it. The Isopods will eat that fungus. Remove any food items that mold other than the fungus from Brewer’s Yeast.

Temp Requirements: They like it warm. 75 to 85 degrees
will keep them breeding for you.
Enclosure:  Any container with slick sides. A glass
aquarium, plastic bin or a shoe box with a lid are great
containers to start with. Drill holes in any container
that has a lid. Airflow is important.

Breeding: They will breed quickly and readily and
will often breed prior to reaching full size.

Ease of Care: Easy

Substrate: Coconut Coir Bedding, Peat moss or sterilized
leaf litter work well.

Humidity: Humid

Size: They get to be about a quarter in long.
Place of Origin Mediterranean.

Identifying Characteristics:  Elongated, thin body with a powdery coating in blue or even orange. The blue variation is often confused with
Powdery Blue Isopods.

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Powder-Blue Isopods Porcellionides Pruinosus

POWDER-BLUE ISOPODS "ORANGE"

 

 

Isopod:  Powder-Blue
Isopods “Orange”

Latin Name: Porcellionides Pruinosus

Powder-Blue Isopods, or “Powdery Blue’s, ‘Orange‘”,
are a fast growing, fast breeding isopod that will rapidly fill their enclosure with young.  Keep segregated from other isopods because they will out-compete others for food because of their fast breeding.  They are easy to care for and eat many different types of dried leaves, grasses and foods.  They are fond of Oak Leaves, Alfalfa hay and fish flakes but will also eat many different food scraps.
They are native to the Mediterranean but can be found in various warm places around the globe.  They are often found under rocks heated by Sunshine or in warm compost heaps.  The range from powder blue to light orange in color and we are currently working on a white variation.  They have waxy grains on their exoskeleton that makes them look like they are covered in a soft powder.

Food Fish flakes, alfalfa grass, dried leaves,
brewers yeast and fruit and vegetable slices are happily
eaten by
Porcellionides Pruinosus. Sprinkle
some Brewer’s yeast in a corner and mist it.  The Isopods
will eat that fungus.  Remove any food items that mold
other than the fungus from Brewer’s Yeast.
Temp Requirements They like it warm.  75 to 85 degrees
will keep them breeding for you.
Enclosure Any container with slick sides.  A glass
aquarium, plastic bin or a shoe box with a lid are great
containers to start with.  Drill holes in any container
that has a lid.  Airflow is important.
Breeding They will breed quickly and readily and
will  often breed prior to reaching full size.
Ease of Care Easy
Substrate Coconut Coir Bedding, Peat moss or sterilized
leaf litter works well.
Humidity Humid
Size They get to be about a quarter in long.
Place of Origin Mediterranean.
Identifying Characteristics Elongated, thin body with a powdery coating in
blue or orange. The blue variation is often confused with
Flowery Blue Isopods.

 

Powdery Blue Isopods
Powdery Blue Isopods

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Porcellio Scaber “Rough Isopod Care Sheet

Rough Isopods

Porcellio Scaber

porcellio scaber

Rough Isopods, known by their Latin name, Porcellio scaber, are very easy to grow, house and care for.  They can take wild extremes in temps and I have raised them in  dry and very wet conditions without any interruption in growth and breeding.

Porcellio scabers are a great Isopod for beginners and also for experienced keepers.  The beginner can raise Scabers to learn from, while the experienced keeper can experiment with different morph combinations.  Over the years some very beautiful color variations have been created from pure white with white eyes to orange dalmations, and several other types in between.

We raise thousands of Rough Isopods and we have found that they especially love Pecan leaves, Alfalfa hay and pellets, fish flakes and brewers yeast.  If you have all of those, you will be a hit with your Isopods.  They will literally eat out of your hands.

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Porcellio Scaber