Description
In our experience, Ember Bee isopods do best in a ventilated, misted, arboreal terrarium with plenty of options for climbing AND ground cover. They do not burrow. Live plants, lichen-covered sticks/branches, and climbable backgrounds will help provide an ideal environment. They’re recommended for advanced keepers only.
Breed Rate: Moderate
Origin: Vietnam
Adult Size: 19-23 mm, 1.9-2.3 cm, .75-.9 in
Temperature: 70-78F
Habits: Active, terrestrial and sometimes arboreal. They appreciate vertical climbing opportunities.
Husbandry: High Humidity (70-80%), Well-Ventilated, Live Moss, Soil Moist but Not Wet, Offer Plenty of Climbing and Cover like Mossy Sticks, Flat/Cork Bark, Leaf Litter, Wood Rot, Limestone, and Seed Pods (Magnolia, Sweet Gum, Lotus)
Primary Diet: Lichen, Decaying Organic Matter, Leaf Litter, and Wood Rot
Supplemental Diet: Bee Pollen, Cucumber, Fish Flakes, Dried Shrimp, Cuttlebone or Egg Shells, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Freeze-Dried Peas, Dried or Dead Insects, Zucchini, Commercial Food like Repashy Morning Wood
Reclassified into the Ardentiella species, the Ember Bee used to belong to Merulanella species.
