Porcellio dilatatus and Porcellio laevis - Giant Canyon Isopods

[lizardminion]

I'm curious about these little buggers. Does anyone have a size comparison of one of these compared to, say, a coin of some sort? (preferably an American one )
Also, which one do you think is better? I like P. laevis because the colorz. No seriously, it's brown/dark orange!

Also, isopods being crustaceans, when do they undergo metamorphosis and when are they larvae?

 

[Camden]

To my knowledge, giant canyon isopods are a native US species found in southern California. they get to be roughly an inch long, whereas a normal isopod roughly grows to a centimeter. i personally like dilatatus better because it almost reminds me of a small cockroach..
as for when they go through metamorphosis, i'm not sure, but when I go collecting i always find tiny babies, so I would assume that they go through it while still in the mother, just educated guesses.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Porcellio dilatatus. I have some that are 7/8 of an inch. They reproduce like crazy and are super cool. I could not get the Porcellio laevis to reproduce with the same environmental conditions in another container. Maybe it was just me. My Porcellio laevis died out. HIGHLY recommended!!

 

[lizardminion]

Well, there isn't any videos on these bugs. Nowhere on the net.
Anyone willing to change that?

 

[Camden]

Vfox has a video somewhere of them, he had some mixed with some of cockroaches. go lurk vfox's youtube channel til you find it. I think its his gyna lurida video.

 

[Bugs In Cyberspace]

They can begin reproducing somewhere around the halfway point to their ultimate size (They continue to grow after becoming sexually mature, like female tarantulas or millipedes. I think them's reasonable comparisons).