Can pill bugs and sow bugs live together?

[slingshot71]

Or will they eat each other and/or each other's babies?
Also is there problem keeping different species of each together?

I have tried searching the boards but can't find this specific question.

Thanks
Kevin

 

[moricollins]

um, many people use the terms pill and sow bugs interchangeably to refer to the same types of organisms.

 

[slingshot71]

um, many people use the terms pill and sow bugs interchangeably to refer to the same types of organisms.

Then can members of the genus Armadillidium and Porcellio live together?

I understand that they are the same type (isopods) but there are differences.

 

[moricollins]

to that, i have NO idea

 

[Scythemantis]

It's only a "pill bug" if it can roll into a ball, Mori

And they're always living together when I find them in the wild.

 

[Ganoderma]

ive kept them together, but i noticed sow bugs seem to spread much faster. conditions?

 

[Reddy]

SO should i keep these two type of bug together in a same tank!

 

[Glorfindel]

There will be competition for resources etc.
it will be interesting to see how they behave towards each other.
let us know how it goes.