#oniscidea

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

FUCKIN UH, CLOWN ISOPOD (Armadilladium klugii)

Have you seen the clown isopod (Armadillidium klugii)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onNov 20, 2025

[shalfeiwreath]

Gift I drew for my gf

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Armadillidium vulgare

23-OCT-2025

Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, Vic

[stan-actias-luna]

it's so annoying that isopods are so tiny

i want to hug them :(((

[disantibittersweetthings]

Cuteee chanchito de tierra 🥺💕

[littlecrowinahat]

Found a baby cockroach. Put it in the fern terrarium. Maybe a Gisborne cockroach?

And added some stale pet pellets for everyone to eat

Some time later an earwig stole that piece from the isopod :(

And the earwig ran under the log where the chonkier isopod can't get a good grip on the piece to take it back

[rattyexplores]

Simple little isopod friend

Cubaris nigroflava

19/07/22

[scuttlingpebbles]

Here's the container right now, i've been increasing the sticks/leaves/fun objects/slow snacks gradually. I feel like the container's plastic milkiness is just a permanent feature due to age, unfortunately.

The gourd is a decorative one that i hollowed out and dried, although i might have to take it out and clean it if it molds. Springtails should be in there but i doubt they'll climb up to an exposed smooth surface.

they often like to climb up on these and other sticks, which offers a good way to see them. But I'll also see them crawling around sometimes! they mostly stay deep in the litter and under things

Also, here's a very tiny one ! A freshly hatched fella. Fun fact, the youngest rolly pollies are called "mancas," and they have only six pairs of legs/segments and get their seventh after they molt!

They hatch live from a pouch ("marsupium") on the underside of the mother, and are ready to go around right off the bat (but are still more prone to desiccation than an adult)