Description
A classic favorite! Powder Orange isopods are small, fast, and resilient decomposers that thrive in a variety of bioactive habitats. They’re amazing helpers in bioactive terrariums, and soft bodies with high calcium content makes them healthy feeders as well.
Breed Rate: Rapid
Origin: Europe
Adult Size: 10-13 mm, 1-1.3 cm, .4-.5 in
Temperature: 60-80F
Habits: Highly prolific detritivores known for their talents in bioactive enclosures. Amazing clean up crew, and soft-bodied which makes them a tasty, calcium-rich snack for predators.
Husbandry: Moderate to High Humidity (50-80%), Well-Ventilated, Soil with Moisture Gradient, Offer Plenty of Cover like Flat/Cork Bark, Leaf Litter, Wood Rot, Limestone, and Seed Pods (Magnolia, Sweet Gum, Lotus)
Primary Diet: Decaying Organic Matter, Leaf Litter, and Wood Rot
Supplemental Diet: Fish Flakes, Dried Shrimp, Cuttlebone or Egg Shells, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Freeze-Dried Peas, Dried or Dead Insects, Zucchini, Cucumber, Commercial Food like Repashy Morning Wood
