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Germany is pretty chill in that regard, as most exotic species wouldn't even be able to survive outside in our weather conditions. There's a lot of German and EU invertebrate sellers so I don't feel the need to source any species outside of the EU. The shipping cost and long shipping isn't worth...

My grandmother has some in her backyard. It would be akin to owning a hungry sand-hole. You never see them, you only see insects disappear into the hole them get dragged into the sand to never be seen again.

I've settled for these guys eventually, Lucihormetica verrucosa, and after keeping them for a good while I'm just really thankful for this recommendation in particular! They are so active in the evening/night and just fun to watch. I crafted some caves for them at the pottery and they really...

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What a gorgeous animal oof

I don't keep any hissers (yet) but I am very interested in them and would possibly keep them in the future as pets. The only roaches I own are my warty glowspots (I love them a lot, their different personalities touch my heart) and I'm really into isopod keeping and bioactive enclosures. Anyhow...

That is an absolutely gorgeous T, and I'm the person who doesn't own any at all lol. I'd be pissed too if someone shoved tongs into my face! That's no way to treat this noble fuzzy creature.

Should it really be called HANDling at this point? It's slowly turning into tarantula acrobatics with full body action, not just the hands.

So I own warty glowspot roaches (Lucihormetica verrucosa) and I know from keeping isopods that there's certain things you shouldn't feed to them, like lemon fruits. But since isopods are crustaceans and roaches are insects they are quite a bit different so I wonder what would be bad for roaches...

Soil-dwelling species (dwarf and pygmy sp.) can be cohabited with bigger, on-soil living ones. An example of this would be keeping dwarf whites with powder blues, or Hyloniscus riparius with Trachelipus ratzeburgi. Out competition usually happens with species that live in the same niché, like...

Wow I picked one up the other day and it continued making the noise in my hand for a bit! I have no idea how. If they don't naturally make any noises I suspect some corner in their exoskeleton + tiny rocks from the dirt + movement creating that noise. Like rock scrubbing against rocks. Such a...

I've got a few glowspot roaches of the species Lucihormetica verrucosa not long ago, and usually at night I hear some sort of clicking noise coming from their box. They're all still nymphs and created a lovely little underground system of tunnels (I gave them lots of dirt when I heard they love...

Generally isopods in the hobby don't seem to be able to hybridise. I've seen different Armadillidium species trying to mate but nothing ever came out of it. If someone managed to get two species to hybridise it would be big news, as there is no accounts of the species in the hobby hybridising yet.

That's a good way to kill your bugs :d

Aww what an adorable little cutie

Like I'm gonna trust the person with the centipede profile picture :p Jokes aside, they are pretty awesome but I don't trust myself with them. Anything fast and venomous gets a no from me. At least right now. I'm in a similar position since I keep isopods but also use them as feeders for my...

Of the common ones, giant centipedes. As animals they are awesome. They are lightning fast, venomous and very intelligent. Which also makes them absolutely terrifying. They are beautiful creatures, but I'm way too spooked to keep them as pets myself. Grasshoppers/crickets because I don't...

:nailbiting: Woah there calm down, I wasn't yelling at you or anything. I just said it was unnecessary and annoying. No need to go mental, jesus.

Even if it's just a joke, it's really annoying rather than funny. People on this website would know the best how it feels like to have people tell you to kill a harmless animal you like. Whenever I would show pictures of moths, caterpillars, beetles, isopods, there was always someone commenting...

Thank you! How much ground space do they need? I keep all my isopods in critter keepers, when I need higher moisture I just cover a large part with transparent foil and use the lid to hold the foil in place. Works like a charm ;)