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Isopods – Giant Orange Woodlice (Porcellio Sp.), Tub Of Approx 10

Product Code: Orange-iso

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Product Description

Giant Orange Woodlice (Porcellio sp.) are one of the larger species of isopod. As adults, they may attain a length of up to 18mm long. These guys make a great addition to your bio-active set up.

Isopods commonly used as housing unit custodians or ‘clean-up crew’ and live and breed well in bio-active set- ups. They are also useful as a live food for many reptiles and amphibians and have the advantage of a high calcium content due to their calcarious exo-skeleton.

If they are to be used as food, they are best served up in a smooth-sided dish in much the same way as mealworms or calci- worms. To thrive and become established in the housing unit, they need to be in a constantly damp and humid microclimate which normally means that they hide away for much of the time under branches, rocks, humid/moss hide, or within the substrate.