I grew up on Vancouver Island born in the 50's. We used to play with what we called "Woodbugs." We grew up in the coastal Rainforest areas that are scarce now. The other little guys we played with were our native Millipedes. Not very large but very peaceful. The Isopods that we always enjoyed finding were the shiny gray bugs that rolled up into a marble type ball. I just discovered you (yes you have been discovered 😁) thanks for bringing back great memories.
I used to be majorly creeped out by these besties we call them wood louse in the UK but after watching your videos I've fallen in love with them too! Theirs so cute! Thank you so much for making such brilliant content and helping me over come my back shivers when I see one :) x
I thought I’d be worth saying that Cubaris sp. “Amber” is not of the “Ducky” variety. There are some major differences between them. Such a gorgeous species tho. I’ve got a nice colony myself :)
Pedes & Pods thank you for that! I feel the morphological differences are very apparent as well but I hear “ducky” get tossed around quite a bit it’s certainly worth knowing! I’ll refrain from calling them that! Thank you for watching!
Never thought I'd say that but I find some of them have such cute faces and pretty colours :) I'd be very curious to see which ones you keep with your geckos and more general care tips. My favourite ones are the black and white ones and the rubber duckies :) they all look like little terrestrial shrimps haha
Reptiliatus thank you for sharing 🙂👌🏻 knowing how useful these little shrimpies are for the soil and plants wherever they live i have quite some new found respect for them ☺️
Although I love all the amazing coloring that different species get, I can't help but say my favorite is the Armadillo Officinalis. Adorable little derp-tanks.
Oh gossdddhhhhhh those Amber duckies!!!! ;~; So cute! I hope they get more common in the hobby, I would die for them. And the rubber duckiessssss♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
for the thai species, i have had some luck using pieces of limestone that I drill holes it as when I have previously found them they are almost always near a crack of a limestone wall. Also agree on the powder as well. Thailand has lots of new species coming soon :)
I have some questions! I am looking into creating cultures for 2 species: The Dairy Cow variety and powder blues! How often do you feed them? And do you mist them daily? I am going to use eco earth as a substrate with leaf litter on top. Where did you get your bark? I also noticed you poked hole around the edge of your container. Should I create more ventalation for those I will have? Thank youu! Love the video!
What temps do you keep them at? Do you have heating elements or leave them at room temp? Then what room temp do you have? Wonderful video or many species and varieties. I'm going to pick up a few starter cultures soon.
I'm trying to get my partner to let me get some adorable isopods from Tarantula Canada as well. Gosh they're so fascinating, I can see how you can get addicted and end up with so many colonies! Thank you so much for sharing these with us. :) Edit: Holy crap I need duckies in my life, immediately
The Greece are my favorite so far! Do they give live birth? Are most male or female and how do you tell the difference! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! And I love how much you show them respect and love ❤️🥰💯✝️🎚️
how has your bolivari culture come along, i just recently ordered P.nicklesi and I heard they have similar care. are you still having trouble with the females?
@@Reptiliatus awesome, congrats man. if you don't mind me asking, whats your water routine for these guys. I heard they like it dry and Im afraid of going overboard.
Thanks for watching and following! You should join the Canadian isopod facebook group! I'll be posting availability/preorder ads there in the next few days.
Just discovered a few days ago that some of my Pillbugs have had babies. I knew that when I first caught the, i would get some babies, but .....there is NO WAY i could've caught all of what I saw.
Maybe one of you isopod experts can help me with this one. So I wanna keep some isopods BUT in the same habitat with fire ants (myrmica so not as aggressive and bigger red ants). I put some in my current tank with different ants with bad results do yall know a certain type of isopods or some sort of hiding area I can build so they can avoid the ants? I'll have them in a massive tank so space or territory won't be the issue. Isopods would fit perfectly along with some other creatures I tested with ants I just don't know how to pull of the isopod thing
Maybe dwarf white isopods, but it sounds like ants are aggressive towards rolly polys. Dwarfs are small and are parthenogenetic so even if ants do prey on on them they can still reproduce. I’m not a millipede expert but some I think make a poison gas (it’s probably just one species) that would prevent ants for wanting to eat (do not quote) my final animal recommendation that is used as a clean up crew would be your best bet and that is spring tails they are too small for ants to even care but are no way as cool as isopods
Its funny you mentioned about how everybody got their own thing, ive been thinking about the same for a while now since i killed a culture of p. magnificus and p. Haasi and yet managed to breed bolivari within 2 months from a group of 15 juveniles. I dont know what im doing correctly with bolivari and how i failed with haasi and magnificus. Im about to receive spatulatus, so they like rotten woods? Any other tips with spatulatus would be great. I just subscribed to your channel today.. Thanks.
Hi! Awesome video! I would like to ask if there is any group or place you would recommend to hang out to learn/exchange info on isopods. I have just caught 30 or more Philoscia sp. ”Thai” (you can google them, the males have red patterns, females are greyish), in spring (after they establish themselves and weather improves) would you like me to send you a starter colony? I am in South China. Hope to see further isopods updates! Cheers!
ANTS 853 thanks so much! Would love some but unfortunately they aren’t legal to send that way without permits/paperwork! I appreciate the offer! I’m actually hoping to acquire some in a few months ;). Thanks for watching!
@@Reptiliatus Ok, i wasn't sure about isopods. Fully understand! Another topic, since you live in Canada, I would like to ask how to heat your colonies? what is the minimum acceptable temperature before you start to worry? Thank you, Cheers!
I couldn't help but think of Mike Bustos, Antz Canada Series, and with that I thought..what about, Isopod United States? I always watch Mikes Blog more than his Ants Canada, so Idk, but it's very popular and, well idk, just thinking , lol! Merry Holidays !!
@@Reptiliatus You need to get a new one! I had one growing up and moved to college and after seeing your videos on them I got a little girl and shes the best!
Have to say, definitely one of the crowd that loves ‘rubber duckies’, their little faces are hilarious 💕
Also, hearing how you talk to all your little friends makes my heart so happy ;.; ♥
I grew up on Vancouver Island born in the 50's. We used to play with what we called "Woodbugs." We grew up in the coastal Rainforest areas that are scarce now.
The other little guys we played with were our native Millipedes. Not very large but very peaceful.
The Isopods that we always enjoyed finding were the shiny gray bugs that rolled up into a marble type ball. I just discovered you (yes you have been discovered 😁) thanks for bringing back great memories.
Kerry Pitt wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing the story and thanks for watching! ☺️
"They look like isopods you find outside..." I actually found my isopods outside and I think they're beautiful and cool and I love watching them.
Me too 😊 i hope your isopods get the best life they can!
Best isopod video on TH-cam by far.
Reptiliatus you are the reason I got into keeping animals. You are the dopest!!
You're the best! Thanks for watching and supporting my channel! Happy animal keeping my friend! :)
Rubber duckies and zebras are definitely my favorites, so pretty! I'll be picking some up soon!
I used to be majorly creeped out by these besties we call them wood louse in the UK but after watching your videos I've fallen in love with them too! Theirs so cute! Thank you so much for making such brilliant content and helping me over come my back shivers when I see one :) x
Jessica Rabbit Tha ma so much for the kind words! I’m so happy you feel this way now! Thanks for watching! ☺️🙏🏼
I thought I’d be worth saying that Cubaris sp. “Amber” is not of the “Ducky” variety. There are some major differences between them. Such a gorgeous species tho. I’ve got a nice colony myself :)
Pedes & Pods thank you for that! I feel the morphological differences are very apparent as well but I hear “ducky” get tossed around quite a bit it’s certainly worth knowing! I’ll refrain from calling them that!
Thank you for watching!
THE VIDEO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR !!!!!
brit ney thanks for watching!
I love those duckies! You have a beautiful isopod collection! I hope more people soon realize what wonderful and beautiful animals they are!!
Kason Furnas thanks very much! I hope so too! They are incredibly fascinating!
Never thought I'd say that but I find some of them have such cute faces and pretty colours :) I'd be very curious to see which ones you keep with your geckos and more general care tips.
My favourite ones are the black and white ones and the rubber duckies :) they all look like little terrestrial shrimps haha
It’s so true though! Thanks for watching! ☺️
Reptiliatus thank you for sharing 🙂👌🏻 knowing how useful these little shrimpies are for the soil and plants wherever they live i have quite some new found respect for them ☺️
I added cabbage to my iso enclosures last night and they are LOVING it! Thanks for the tip!
Yep! I love the rubber ducky! Looks just like a rubber ducky in the face!!! Very very cute 😊 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Although I love all the amazing coloring that different species get, I can't help but say my favorite is the Armadillo Officinalis. Adorable little derp-tanks.
Colleen ODell funny you say that they are one of my FAVOURITE species I have!
I've wanted rubber ducky isopods for so long! Now I need those Amber duckies! 🥰💚🥰 They're so perfect!
Insane collection! Im very envious 😁
love your video. i'm not a hobbyist (yet!) but i appreciate your appreciation for these animals. you had me smiling all the way through.
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! I appreciate your support!
Oh gossdddhhhhhh those Amber duckies!!!! ;~; So cute! I hope they get more common in the hobby, I would die for them. And the rubber duckiessssss♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
32:10 these ones are awesome
for the thai species, i have had some luck using pieces of limestone that I drill holes it as when I have previously found them they are almost always near a crack of a limestone wall. Also agree on the powder as well. Thailand has lots of new species coming soon :)
Jonathan Fekete fantastic! Thanks for sharing!
HOLY CRAP!!! I didn’t know there were so many different kinds of “Rollie Pollies”.
The Gooch this is the tip of the iceberg! Thanks for watching!
nice amount species of isopods
Thank you!
Amazing collection!!! I love them all 😀 I wonder how you keep all your collection???
Very nice isopods. I have just started collecting them.
Thank you so much! Haha you’ll be hooked now!
Yellow pandas are by far my favorite coloration.
Got to love isopods :)
bro ur commentary when the dude was balled up and his homie came hahahaha
Wow that's an amazing isopod collection. Hello from Victoria... Across the waters.
Now that I have seen "amber ducky" are my most likes but love them all. Fine Video. TY.:))
Bonnie Hawkins they are lovely! Thank you for watching!
Nice fiddle leaf fog tree in the background. It’s a truly beautiful plant
Thunderous Shore thank you! 🌱
Great vid, was a biiit long but I powered through XD
Zbionix / Caleb H. Sorry! Lots of isopods to show and they all deserve a minute of showing! Thanks for watching!
Reptiliatus no prob still had a good time, I keep ants colonies and hope to get a huge collection of them someday. 😁 Already have 6 diff species 🤣😋
Thank you for this excellent video. I really learned a lot. Great job.
theowias3 thank you so much for watching!
Merveillous, top vidéo, all good and sweet vibes' with your Isopod crew :)
Nikos Hydro merci beaucoup!
I love them all! Have you seen the ones with spikes??? They’re too cool! I just ordered a few and they should ship out to me this week
iddybiddy Ladybug I have! They are incredible!
Duckies are my favorite
Rubber duckies are my favourite
Love this look for you.
they are addicting
Indeed!
@@Reptiliatus Thank you for all your excellent content
I love your isopods habitats collection 💙💙💙💙💙
Crystal Casares thank you very much!
Wow so many. Fellow Canadian
happy new year baby
Aww their faces are so cute! Makes me sad how many stumps I turned over in my life exposing them for my chickens to eat. Never again little guys!
Leilani L aw haha. Thanks for watching!
I am just getting into isopods, do any species show up different colors under black light?
this is an interesting question
I have some questions!
I am looking into creating cultures for 2 species: The Dairy Cow variety and powder blues!
How often do you feed them? And do you mist them daily?
I am going to use eco earth as a substrate with leaf litter on top. Where did you get your bark? I also noticed you poked hole around the edge of your container. Should I create more ventalation for those I will have?
Thank youu! Love the video!
Awesome collection! I just started raising zebras. Do you collect your wood? do you need to sanitize it?
Gorrem I collect my wood and just soak it. I don’t bake it all first. I feel that ruins it and I’ve never had issues.
What temps do you keep them at? Do you have heating elements or leave them at room temp? Then what room temp do you have?
Wonderful video or many species and varieties. I'm going to pick up a few starter cultures soon.
Most of them I keep around 78-80f! Thank you for watching and all the best with your pods! ☺️👍🏼
When is the rubber ducky tutorial coming out?
i have a total of five species so far, my favorite are the zebras!!
I'm trying to get my partner to let me get some adorable isopods from Tarantula Canada as well. Gosh they're so fascinating, I can see how you can get addicted and end up with so many colonies! Thank you so much for sharing these with us. :) Edit: Holy crap I need duckies in my life, immediately
Your fiddle leaf ficus looks kinda crunchy
Have the "line 2" zebras proven any different? I'd be interested in getting some honestly, I am loving the zebras that I have.
good!!😃
Have you heard of Rubber Ducky Isopods? I've heard they're cool to raise, and cute!
Where do you get your isopods from
I import many from Europe :). Thanks for watching!
Are ipods ,woodlouce and rolly pollys the same ?
Yes! They are just different genera/families!
Thanks
They’re called Slaters round our way. I’ve got five O.asellus and a millipede.
I always think it’s sweet that they always moult in halves ha ha
It’s so cute haha. Thanks for watching
very cool tfs😃 never seen any of these
Charonda Motley thanks for watching!
Yellow panda😍
Awwe so cool
Thank you for watching!
Reptiliatus no problem happy holidays n happy new year
where did you get your tubberware from? I love this video.
The "yellow panda" like a little more humidity and like moss a lot :)
Nice vid bro
Alfie Mundy thanks man!
The Greece are my favorite so far! Do they give live birth? Are most male or female and how do you tell the difference! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! And I love how much you show them respect and love ❤️🥰💯✝️🎚️
how has your bolivari culture come along, i just recently ordered P.nicklesi and I heard they have similar care. are you still having trouble with the females?
Niko Biko they are kind of weird but have been doing a lot better! I noticed several mancae and they seem to be growing!
@@Reptiliatus awesome, congrats man. if you don't mind me asking, whats your water routine for these guys. I heard they like it dry and Im afraid of going overboard.
I'm on the island also from Ont. If you ever think of selling some of our iso's I would be interested.
Thanks for watching and following! You should join the Canadian isopod facebook group! I'll be posting availability/preorder ads there in the next few days.
@@Reptiliatus Do you ever post anywhere besides Facebook? I got rid of my account due to all of the security scares. :/
In norway these at 8min are called: "skrukketroll"
tsfcancerman - which means "woodlouse/-lice" acc. to GglTranslate (although "skrukke" alone is defined as "wrinkling"…) ??
Is there a breeder(s) that you recommend in the USA that carries a wide variety of quality isopods? You have the most species i have seen anywhere.
I need help I purchased 10 giant orange Isopoda and 5 zebra Isopoda I put them in two separate enclosures do I need a certain temp for them to breed
Real isopod hours
What do you feed them and how often? Do you water them?
Crab Nation Germany I feed mine a variety of fish foods and vegetables such as zucchini, squash, cabbage, carrots, etc.
Some of them look like my isopods
Cool!
Do you know if theres any bioluminicent variety? It would be very nice to something like that in blue or green!!!
Jesus Fernandez apparently dwarf whites glow a little under black lights!
wow the japan ones look like they are covered in mother of pearl.
When i spent $25 to buy these for my tarantula cage and then found a shit ton of them under a rock outside..
you should change your business page to phantastic isopods LOL, are we gonna see more videos for animals with 4 legs?
Colt Yao lol ha h ha bro. I’ll be posting Uroplatus updates soon enough 😉.
Just discovered a few days ago that some of my Pillbugs have had babies.
I knew that when I first caught the, i would get some babies, but .....there is NO WAY i could've caught all of what I saw.
Those ember duckies are a pain to find in the netherlands :(
Why do I find orange isopods in my yard. Is it a morph or a diffrent species.
Maybe one of you isopod experts can help me with this one.
So I wanna keep some isopods BUT in the same habitat with fire ants (myrmica so not as aggressive and bigger red ants).
I put some in my current tank with different ants with bad results do yall know a certain type of isopods or some sort of hiding area I can build so they can avoid the ants?
I'll have them in a massive tank so space or territory won't be the issue.
Isopods would fit perfectly along with some other creatures I tested with ants I just don't know how to pull of the isopod thing
Maybe dwarf white isopods, but it sounds like ants are aggressive towards rolly polys. Dwarfs are small and are parthenogenetic so even if ants do prey on on them they can still reproduce. I’m not a millipede expert but some I think make a poison gas (it’s probably just one species) that would prevent ants for wanting to eat (do not quote) my final animal recommendation that is used as a clean up crew would be your best bet and that is spring tails they are too small for ants to even care but are no way as cool as isopods
Its funny you mentioned about how everybody got their own thing, ive been thinking about the same for a while now since i killed a culture of p. magnificus and p. Haasi and yet managed to breed bolivari within 2 months from a group of 15 juveniles. I dont know what im doing correctly with bolivari and how i failed with haasi and magnificus. Im about to receive spatulatus, so they like rotten woods? Any other tips with spatulatus would be great. I just subscribed to your channel today.. Thanks.
Lew Paul that’s so weird. I would suggest keeping the magnificus a bit on the drier end. They do really well just having a wet corner.
Hi! Awesome video! I would like to ask if there is any group or place you would recommend to hang out to learn/exchange info on isopods. I have just caught 30 or more Philoscia sp. ”Thai” (you can google them, the males have red patterns, females are greyish), in spring (after they establish themselves and weather improves) would you like me to send you a starter colony? I am in South China. Hope to see further isopods updates! Cheers!
Favorite species was the Lava Isopods.
ANTS 853 thanks so much! Would love some but unfortunately they aren’t legal to send that way without permits/paperwork! I appreciate the offer! I’m actually hoping to acquire some in a few months ;). Thanks for watching!
@@Reptiliatus Ok, i wasn't sure about isopods. Fully understand! Another topic, since you live in Canada, I would like to ask how to heat your colonies? what is the minimum acceptable temperature before you start to worry?
Thank you, Cheers!
May i know the dimension of those box? Thanks..
Where do u guys these guys at so cool
Rochelle Nilson-huntley from various breeders :). Thanks for watching!
I couldn't help but think of Mike Bustos, Antz Canada Series, and with that I thought..what about, Isopod United States? I always watch Mikes Blog more than his Ants Canada, so Idk, but it's very popular and, well idk, just thinking , lol! Merry Holidays !!
Sanday Sunday that’s awesome! I’d like to keep up with filming them as long as people enjoy it
Where do I get some of these isopodes biggest ones for sure
Rochelle Nilson-huntley I suggest joining some isopod buy and sell and keeper groups on fb! :)
@@Reptiliatus thku
We want more bearded dragon videos!
Chris Lavino wish I could help! I no longer own a bearded dragon sorry :(.
@@Reptiliatus You need to get a new one! I had one growing up and moved to college and after seeing your videos on them I got a little girl and shes the best!
My dad wont stop calling them roaches😫 i think isopods are adorable someone stop him
I regret calling zenzillo arizonicus golden dot isopods lol.
Do you sell isopods?
These look like living trilobites.
Wow, Where did you get such a big variety. I've been trying to find some but most places sell them overly expensive
Edward Kenway they aren’t super cheap I’ll tell you that! I’ve invested a lot in them and imported most from EU :).
@@Reptiliatus Yea I've been trying to import some from there but they don't offer guaranteed if they all die...which is quite a risk I would say
Lol I am from Spain and we kill this animals. We don't like them we have a lot, they are like ants. If u want I can catch someone's and send u.
@@ignacioescudero6083 for reals? I find them intriguing and I put them in vivariums
@@ignacioescudero6083 hi, yes I whant a lot of isipods from you 😊
why cant you get isopods from your garden?
Kaaso you can but most of these are from around the world so if you want neat looking and different species you can get them this way!
Any species is ok but i really want any type of ducky
*ITS A ROLLYPOLLY*
Do you sell them ?
Rico Suave in Canada, yes :).
Sell me some duckies! Lol
26:28
What could happen if they escape your terrarium they couls invade the ecosistem where you live?
Jesus Fernandez no, they would just dry up :(.
Oh what's a manki
Rochelle Nilson-huntley a “manca” or plural “mancae” are what the babies are called :)! Thanks for watching!
I was wondering the same thing. Lol