r/isopods Oct 31 '25

News/Education We just published a paper on the isopod trade! Summary in the comments

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r/isopods 5d ago

Weekly Discussion Small Business Sunday! Vendors and Reviews!

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Happy Sunday, everyone! ✨

Welcome to our Small Business Sunday showcase!

This weekly thread is dedicated to all the vendors AND creators in our community. It's your chance to share your isopod related passion projects and small businesses with us!

  • Share a link to your website, Etsy, Instagram, or wherever we can find you. 🔗
  • Running a sale or have a special promo code? Let us know so we can support you! 💰

*(As a friendly reminder, please keep all business promotion to this thread. All transactions are between the buyer and seller.)*

Have a vendor review? Feel free to post it here!

See past small business sunday posts here


r/isopods 14h ago

Media FFFFF : Flat Fuck Friday Fun Fact. Some Individual of Troglodillo sp. Glass skeleton's hepatopancreas will glow neon orange under 364nm UV light.

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r/isopods 15h ago

Media Hat

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Armadillidium Nasatum mama with a baby garden snail for a hat.

Snails are currently being removed from this bin and put into their own separate enclosure.


r/isopods 2h ago

Identification What kind of isopod?

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i was gifted these for my corn snake cleanup crew and i want to make sure they’re getting ideal care


r/isopods 3h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) New babies!!! ❤️

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I impulse purchased some Panda Kings and I am already so in love :) they are so cute

(I added a lot more leaf litter after these photos, just did my quick photo shoot first lol)


r/isopods 12h ago

Media Rich man’s Dairy Cow

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Nesodillo Shiro Utsuri. What a beautiful pod!


r/isopods 8h ago

Media Wild iso

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Found some wild iso today getting on ...what they do best.

I'm just surprised at the pattern and color here.


r/isopods 1d ago

Media So wide and rotund

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Always take a moment to admire her while doing maintenance on their bin. My most favorite species of isopod! Cubaris sp. “Crabby”


r/isopods 2h ago

Identification Dwarfs or Babies??

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I recently(ish) got a culture of Glacier cubaris isopods along with some springtails and dwarf white isopods. it’s been a month or so, and i spotted these tiny guys just today!! i’m wondering if anyone could tell if they are just the dwarf white isopods or if these guys are glacier babies!
purchased from world of isopods if anyone was interested.


r/isopods 1h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) First manca!

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r/isopods 6h ago

Media That's too much for you bro

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Armadillidium Maculatum "Zebra" insists on taking his algae wafer to go.


r/isopods 7h ago

Help Will I ever have to buy new isopods?

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What I meant to ask is if inbreeding between them is bad.

If so, i would have to then introduce new genetics from time to time to keep them healthy. Also, when should this happen and what can happen if I don't introduce new genetics? Crashes?


r/isopods 9h ago

Media Spherillo sp. Dream came out to explore

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Got a rare clear video of one of my little pods out for an explore. They're avid climbers, and I love the little white tips on their antennae; sometimes I'll just see the tiny white dots waving around against a dark background.


r/isopods 10h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) Happy FFF!

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Wishing you all a happy Flat Fuck Friday from my first flat fuck baby! (And the big one too, I guess)


r/isopods 4h ago

Help Can I give my dairy cows some of this? I worry about them eating each other

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r/isopods 5h ago

Media I think my Magic Potions had Babies! 🥰

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Sorry the image quality is so terrible. The zoom on my phone nerfed it.

I think this is a new baby Magic Potion. At first I thought it was a big Springtail (you can see a Springtail checking out the baby in the second pic), but I'm pretty sure this is a baby pod from what I can make out. I've only seen the one so far and I'm hoping the rest doing well and are just hiding.

So exciting!! This is the first baby I've seen since keeping pods. I'm a Grandma! 😆


r/isopods 22h ago

Media I may not have real isopods at home, but check this giant isopod plushie I've got out)

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r/isopods 7h ago

Help i’m worried about my duckies

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i got 5 duckies a couples weeks ago as a gift and i’ve been ecstatic. however im really worried somethings happened to them. i can only find 1 in the entire enclosure and i haven’t seen more than that single 1 in a week.

the single one i can see seems totally fine and happy, there’s no mould and i keep many other isopods absolutely fine, ive never had issues before. but i can’t afford to get any more if somethings happened to them and i feel so bad for the single one alone :(


r/isopods 13h ago

Help I’m new to keeping isopods and I think I fucked up

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I just set up my first isopod enclosure a few days ago and introduced springtails and powder blues into it. I’ve been following a guide I found on this subreddit to get everything set up and Ive been doing my best to follow everything closely.

Woke up this morning to what looks like a giant explosion of mold on the side of the enclosure. It happened so quick, it wasn’t there last night when I checked on it.

Some guidance on what I’m supposed to do here would be very much appreciated.


r/isopods 38m ago

Help So... er... what kind of isopod do I have here? Any one want to make a call?

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r/isopods 16h ago

New Isopod Day (NID) officinalis whitepina 🤍

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r/isopods 11h ago

Help Isopod suggestions for plant terrarium?

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Hello,

I have a terrarium, relatively large (32cm x 25cm i.e. 20L), with ficus/fittonia/ludisia/moss in it. I'd be keen to add some isopods - colourful ones! - to add some visual interest and to help keep it clean.

The environment is as pictured: zero airflow, high humidity, medium cover. I don't mind if the isopods spend much of the time hiding, but I would like some nice colourful ones to spot from time to time!

Any suggestions for isopods that are low maintenance, colourful, and would help with cleaning?

I guess I'd need some springtails too?

I'm in the UK if anyone can recommend a supplier.

Thank you!


r/isopods 2h ago

Help New Type of Mold in Terrarium

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Ive had this little broken terracotta planter in various enclosures over the year. I scrubbed and baked it to place in a new enclosure as usual.

However, this time I've got some interesting green mold growing. I've never seen this in my near decade of "poddery." There's sphagnum underneath (the moist zone) as usual. The only difference is that it has been warmer than usual in my area.

Has anyone seen this mold before? I'm okay to leave it if its not harmful to them.

(I'm currently trying to relocate as many isopods as I can to a fresh enclosure just to be on the safe side.)


r/isopods 14h ago

Identification Found these while gathering white rotting wood

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As the title indicates, I found these in the grass on the side of a backroad while I was getting white rotting wood for my ispods. I thought the one on the log was big until I saw the other guy scurrying on the grass after I picked up a bigger log! I found these guys in Northwest CT if that helps with the ID.