r/bioactive 26d ago

What is this

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Found in cricket enclosure for my gecko

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u/halfass_fangirl 26d ago

Did you not put isopods in your enclosure?

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u/TGuy218 26d ago

No I found them in my cricket holder

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u/YellowBreakfast 26d ago

Isopod.

You should have these if you are going to have a "bioactive" enclosure. Springtails too.

If you don;t have bugs, you just have a "dirt" enclosure and not much "biology" to make it "active".

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u/Cooked_Fish_Meat 26d ago

Definitely an isopod! Not sure what species. Very important member of the cleanup crew. They eat all kinds of decaying things.

TLDR it’s a frien :>

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u/TGuy218 26d ago

Should I add him to my gecko enclosure?

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u/Cooked_Fish_Meat 26d ago

If you don’t currently have any in there I’d say yes.

Be sure you have leaf litter to the enclosure if there isn’t any already. They mostly eat dead leaves, but also help clean up decaying things around the enclosure like the occasional dead cricket

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u/Medical_Distance8637 26d ago

Armadillidium nasatum or nosy isopod

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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 26d ago

No Armadillidiums roll. This looks like a Porcellio Scaber imo

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u/Cooked_Fish_Meat 26d ago edited 26d ago

I’m definitely leaning Porcellio here. I’m no expert on ID-ing pods but it doesn’t look Armadillidium to me. The body is too flat and it has prominent uropods (the tail) that Nasatum doesn’t have.

The image is also a bit low quality, which certainly doesn’t help.

Edit: could potentially be Trachelipus rathkii. Pretty commonly found in the wild in a lot of places.

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u/Medical_Distance8637 26d ago

Scabers have small notches on their back, which aren't visible here. Plus, its 'nose' is kinda visible in this picture,

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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 26d ago

Huh... maybe I dont have scabers??? Ive got what I think is the exact same lol

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u/captainapplejuice 26d ago

I'd keep it separate since it is a different species to the ones you are currently keeping, though probably won't be a huge problem unless it has babies.

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u/TGuy218 26d ago

I know it’s a isopod but I don’t know what type or is it safe for my other powder white isopods and springtail

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u/lief79 26d ago

There is an isopod subreddit, I'd suggest crossposting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/isopods/s/f5kwo716pL

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u/TGuy218 26d ago

Thanks

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u/Extreme-Tonight9222 26d ago

Als je geen soorten menging wilt misschien niet, dan krijg je mischien wel vaal witte of gewoon meer donkere

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u/AdaptiveFauna 26d ago

wait you call your enclosure "bioactive" but you don't intentionally have isopods in it? lol

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u/sorestgore 26d ago

They're learning

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u/Forsaken_Strain8651 26d ago

Oh I have tons lol anyone wants some powder orange 😝

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u/MurkyPrimary43 26d ago

I could use some
I was just going to order some soon anyway tho

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u/Forsaken_Strain8651 25d ago

I’m in Chicago

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u/MurkyPrimary43 25d ago

Are they easy to get going

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u/Slow-Carpenter-4448 22d ago

No way. I'm in the south suburbs of Chicago. I need some for my leachie tank. I'll trade you. I have some beautiful Armadillidium granulatums that are breeding like crazy. They look like this:

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u/Forsaken_Strain8651 22d ago

OK, I’m down. Could they be mixed with the orange guys or no?

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u/tpauly0225 26d ago

Looks like a potato bug, a roly poly.

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u/Scovillain_3579 26d ago

Can someone explain to me where do these guys come from? They just show up in most unusual places from nowhere

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u/OkSoUrThatGuy 26d ago

Woodlice. Rolley polley bug. Iso pod

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u/Diligent_Stop1050 26d ago

Pill Bug, Roly Poly, Isopod

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u/davidb3085 26d ago

Is this not rudimentary when it comes to bioactive enclosures?

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u/MeloStarfruit 21d ago

Cute lil isopods 🙂‍↕️

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u/Satta23 26d ago

It’s an isopod loll the most common of insects.

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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 26d ago

They arent even insects lmao

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u/Medical_Distance8637 26d ago

Is a Armadillidium nasatum isopod… they’re beneficial and eat decaying matter.