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.
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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