‘pod love!

[Member ID2]

How fascinating and clever to only moult half the body.

The orange springtails are so cute. What an unexpected colour though.

 

[elusive]

They are an unexpected & vivid colour! I did manage to find a video of them in their native habit where someone was digging around in the ground looking for them & surprisingly amongst all the vegetation, fallen leaves & rottingn wood they’re barely visible.
They spend a lot of time in the soil too, it’s quite fascinating to watch them through the sides of the terrarium.

 

[Maz]

Gosh that’s a lot of bugs! The orange colour is nice. The half cast is fascinating to see.

 

[RainbowBrite]

They are so cute! They look like tiny, baby carrots!

 

[Member ID2]

Where is their native habitat?

 

[elusive]

They are found in Spain & parts of central Europe but as far as I can tell they originated in Asia somewhere.

 

[elusive]

As it’s coming up to halloween
Porcellio scaber ghost

 

[RainbowBrite]

They look so busy! I saw one pick up some yellow food and rushed away before they were robbed! What is the yellow food and is the white food, calcium powder?

 

[elusive]

I just fed them so it was a bit of a frenzy! The yellow food is bee pollen, they love it, the white is powdered cuttlefish bone so yes it is calcium, they also had fish food which they love too.

 

[Maz]

Is it my imagination or do they seem excited by the bee pollen?

 

[elusive]

No it’s not your imagination they do go quite mad for it!

 

[Wren the robo]

noooo , I'm terrified of woodlice so will cover my eyes.

 

[elusive]

More bug love!
Some giant pill millipedes arrived today, they are so cute & very docile.
I took a quick video just to give an impression of the size of them, I did try taking more videos but it took them about an hour to move a noticeable distance Very relaxing to watch them though.

Made them a nice mossy tank to live in.

 

[RainbowBrite]

Aww, they look like the kind of bugs you see in a cartoon! They are so cute with their stripes! You created such a lovely set up for them.

 

[elusive]

Thanks Rainbow, I do love setting up those tanks.

 

[Maz]

They look really lovely! I hate to say it but they almost look edible, like sweeties! Not suggesting they should be eaten though The tank is great. Lucky millipedes.

 

[elusive]

They do, they look just like big sweets!

 

[elusive]

The millipedes got an upgrade to a 45cm Exo terra! I really love it so I hope they do too, it’s taken me ages to set up, I could have banked the substrate up a bit higher at the back to fill it up a bit but I mixed up so much of the stuff & decided it was probably enough, about 15cm & they don’t burrow much.
It looks a bit bare at the moment but there are two ferns that will grow & make a nice canopy with a bit of time & some of my favourite shingling vines which will spread out to fill the space..

They look very healthy & quickly moved off to explore, well quickly for them anyway still need a time lapse video to see much!

 

[RainbowBrite]

Their upgrade looks amazing and so natural! It is lovely to have an update on them.

 

[Maz]

It does look amazing exo terra’s are nice - I’m guessing it’s easier than a tank. Is it just the photo, or have the little sweeties got bigger?