My snails, roaches and isopods

[Marika]

Yum, banana!







One of them got greedy and tried to steal the whole piece.


Hmm, something smells good...

 

[ErinM31]

Yum, banana!







One of them got greedy and tried to steal the whole piece.


Hmm, something smells good...

Wow, I didn't realize these were so BIG!

 

[Marika]

Wow, I didn't realize these were so BIG!

Yeah, they are huge, that's one of the reasons I love them

 

[Marika]

Some old pics of hissers I used to have. I only had males...sometimes they were fighting, sometimes they tried to mate with each other

 

[Marika]

 

[Marika]

She's fat

 

[Marika]

P. scaber "orange"


Armadillidium sp. "Montenegro"


A. maculatum

 

[socalqueen]

I used to keep several species of snails, but then I kind of needed to take a break from all that slime . At the moment the only species I still keep is Pomatias elegans. They are weird and cute, but small and very shy, so I don't have very good photos of them.








I got into roaches about 4 years ago.

I had a small group of Gromphadorhina sp males, now this guy is the only one left:


I keep a small colony of Archimandrita tesselata, this species is my favorite.










I also have a small group of Blaptica dubia males.


I got my first isopods about a year ago. At the moment I have Armadillidium maculatum, Armadillidium sp. "Montenegro", Armadillidium sp, Oniscus asellus, Porcellio scaber, Porcellio scaber "orange", Tricorhina tomentosa and some native species I haven't identified.

Armadillidium maculatum


Armadillidium sp Montenegro


Armadillidium sp


Porcellio scaber


Porcellio scaber orange

Beautiful!! I'd like to know what kind of roach is in the 12th picture (their in a bowl)? I've never seen those and can't believe how big they are!

 

[Marika]

Beautiful!! I'd like to know what kind of roach is in the 12th picture (their in a bowl)? I've never seen those and can't believe how big they are!

They are Archimandrita tesselata females. They are huge

 

[SlugPod]

Love the snails!
The isopods are my favourite though.
Hoping to get some Armadillidium maculatum myself soon.

 

[socalqueen]

Your giant land snails are absolutely breathtaking. I have to say I've never seen them that large, I see something new every day on AB. I love them! Truly awesome.

 

[Marika]

Some native isopods that live in my A. tesselata tank, don't know the species. (And some T. tomentosa.)


Pomatias elegans eating zucchini. These little guys mostly eat decaying leaves.

 

[Hisserdude]

Some native isopods that live in my A. tesselata tank, don't know the species. (And some T. tomentosa.)

Looks like Philoscia muscorum, a common European species.

 

[Marika]

A. fulica

 

[Spiderbakesale]

ahhhhh i just love Armadillidium Montenegro so much, i really want a colony of my own some day!

your inverts are all so pretty and amazing!

 

[Marika]

P. muscorum

 

[Aquarimax]

When I lived in Hawaii, there was a feral population of An Achatina species there...one of them was so big, I thought it was a shoe until I got closer to it...

Some snails I had:

Achatina fulica










Achatina iredalei


Arianta arbustorum


Cepaea hortensis


Cepaea nemoralis


Eobania vermiculata


Fruticicola fruticum


Helix aspersa


Helix pomatia





Pleurodonte isabella
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[Marika]

Oniscus asellus

 

[blacksheep998]

P. muscorum

That's a nice yellow P. muscorum. I found a similar one last year that produced some yellow babies, but they all darkened as they grew. I'm hoping some more yellows might appear in the next generation.

 

[Marika]

My last hisser (Winston) has been living with my A. tesselata for a while now.