{"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}],"url":"https:\/\/getbugd.com\/products\/zebra-isopods-armadillidium-maculatum","provider":"getbugd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}