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GIANT Isopods! BUG WARNING

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:16 pm
by Carnies
I got these FREE from a very nice person on Ebay. The biggest is about the size of my thumb, 1 1/4 inch. If you have a phobia of bugs, I suggest you close the tab now.

Re: GIANT Isopods! BUG WARNING

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:44 pm
by Bluefire
Nice! Are you keeping them as pets? Or… plant food?

Re: GIANT Isopods! BUG WARNING

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:45 am
by za419
¿Porque no los dos? :lol:

I keep springtails for much the same reasons. Isopods would also do a good job cleaning up the pots, but I'd be afraid of them eating the actual plants...

Re: GIANT Isopods! BUG WARNING

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:51 am
by Bluefire
za419 wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:45 am ¿Porque no los dos? :lol:

I keep springtails for much the same reasons. Isopods would also do a good job cleaning up the pots, but I'd be afraid of them eating the actual plants...
I mean… isopods roll up into perfect little protein pills for pitchers.

I sort of do this with millipedes, though I don’t know what I’m doing with them or why they aren’t all dead yet.

Re: GIANT Isopods! BUG WARNING

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:55 pm
by Carnies
Bluefire wrote:Nice! Are you keeping them as pets? Or… plant food?
Pets, these are kinda expensive! These ones are the porcellio species, they don't roll up.