{"title":"Isopods","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaptive-bred isopods for bioactive terrariums and cleanup crews. Every species here is one we keep in our own bins, so the care notes on each listing come from watching our colonies rather than from a copied care sheet. Nothing ships until it is genuinely ready.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"zebra-isopods-armadillidium-maculatum","title":"Zebra Isopods (Armadillidium maculatum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou want the striped ones. Everybody does. Zebras are the isopod people point at in somebody else's tank before they know the name, and they are also a forgiving animal to start a colony with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmadillidium maculatum is a roller. Disturb one and it balls up, which is the quickest way to tell an Armadillidium from a Porcellio that just sprints for the dark. In a bioactive tank the colony works the leaf litter and the waste you never see; in a bin they are steady and slow to panic. One thing our own bin taught us: rollers need more calcium than the dwarf species, because the shell is heavier and every molt has to rebuild it, so a piece of cuttlebone lives in ours permanently and gets rasped down over months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaf litter is the staple and it should never run out, so add a bag of our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mixed-hardwood-leaf-litter-for-isopods-heat-treated\"\u003emixed hardwood leaf litter\u003c\/a\u003e when you order. Our zebras share a display tank with our Montenegros and get along fine, but they live in separate breeding bins, for the reason we explain in the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/montenegro-isopod-care\"\u003eMontenegro care guide\u003c\/a\u003e: a mixed Armadillidium colony is not a sellable colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive animals ship Monday through Wednesday, and we hold a shipment when the forecast at either end would cook or freeze a box. Every order carries a live arrival guarantee. We ship within the United States, and not to Hawaii or Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComing soon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not for sale yet. Our founder group arrived in 2026 and we will not skim a colony until it can take it, which we expect in \u003cstrong\u003esummer 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/manage.kmail-lists.com\/subscriptions\/subscribe?a=UxTw6Y\u0026amp;g=XudJ3y\"\u003eJoin the waitlist\u003c\/a\u003e and we will email you the week they go on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 isopods, mixed sizes, captive bred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmadillidium maculatum, the zebra morph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur room runs 68 to 72°F year-round and they breed at that\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne bin, two ends: sphagnum at the wet end, litter and a hide at the dry end\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuttlebone in the bin permanently; a pinch of protein twice a week, leftovers pulled after a day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubstrate 3 to 4 inches: topsoil, a little coir, crumbled rotted hardwood, litter on top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"getbugd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46149287968828,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"montenegro-isopods-armadillidium-klugii","title":"Montenegro Isopods (Armadillidium klugii)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSomebody sent you a photo of one and now you want them. Fair. The Montenegro morph is one of the better-looking isopods you can buy: a dark body with pale spots and a red-orange rim that sharpens as they grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmadillidium klugii is a Mediterranean pill bug and a roller, so it balls up when disturbed instead of running. Adults reach about 18 to 21 mm, which is big for an Armadillidium. They want a humidity gradient rather than a number, and they tell you when you have it wrong: all of them piled on the sphagnum means the bin is too dry, all of them at the dry end or up the walls means too wet, spread across the bin means you got it right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full care sheet, including what we feed and why ventilation matters more for these than for a Porcellio, is in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/montenegro-isopod-care\"\u003eMontenegro isopod care guide\u003c\/a\u003e. Leaf litter is the staple and should never run out, so order a bag of \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mixed-hardwood-leaf-litter-for-isopods-heat-treated\"\u003emixed hardwood leaf litter\u003c\/a\u003e with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive animals ship Monday through Wednesday, and we hold a shipment when the forecast at either end would cook or freeze a box. Every order carries a live arrival guarantee. We ship within the United States, and not to Hawaii or Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eComing soon\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not for sale yet. Our founder group of ten arrived in 2026 and a colony that size takes months to become one we can skim without hurting it, which we expect in \u003cstrong\u003esummer 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/manage.kmail-lists.com\/subscriptions\/subscribe?a=UxTw6Y\u0026amp;g=XudJ3y\"\u003eJoin the waitlist\u003c\/a\u003e and we will email you the week they go on sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 isopods, mixed sizes, captive bred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmadillidium klugii, the Montenegro locality morph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdults about 18 to 21 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur display tank reads 70 to 80 percent humidity and they sit comfortably across that range\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur room runs 68 to 72°F year-round and they breed at that\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuttlebone in the bin permanently; a pinch of fish flakes or dried shrimp twice a week, leftovers pulled after a day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA few vent holes on the dry side of the lid only, so the gradient survives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"getbugd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46149289443388,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/getbugd.com\/collections\/isopods.oembed","provider":"getbugd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}