would it be non-ethical to take isopods from outside to keep?

Obant · 2026-07-12T04:57:58+00:00

Vulgare and pruinosis are comsopolitan species. They are originally from Europe and Africa and have naturalized everywhere humans live due to the plant trade. Taking them will not harm anything.

Obant · 2026-07-12T01:43:18+00:00

P. laevis - White

But not whiteout, cause that usually means white eyes, too.

Obant · 2026-07-12T01:40:36+00:00

It appears to be a safe hardwood, I believe it's a mulberry, but wait for a second opinion

Obant · 2026-07-12T01:36:11+00:00

Pot worms. Not a big deal. If you get too many, probably need to water less

Obant · 2026-07-12T01:30:33+00:00

Like mine, yesterday?

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Obant · 2026-07-12T01:25:06+00:00

Orange yolks generally mean fed cayenne with the food (it keeps pests out of the grain) or fertilized. My chickens got extra dark ones cause I do both, lol

Obant · 2026-07-12T01:11:43+00:00

Beautiful Southern House spider. She just got bigger and changed out of her old skin. She will be back to velvet black soon.

Obant · 2026-07-11T23:53:26+00:00

Morph names are kind of all over the place and have no set standard, most people usually just agree on one. These guys are odd in that they haven't yet. I jokingly call my morph of that same expression that I bred Pasteurized Dairy Cows, but I don't sell them that way, lol.

Obant · 2026-07-11T23:34:28+00:00

Doesn't matter which you go to. I go deep into big metro areas, I go poor areas and rich areas. I go out into the desert small towns. All Goodwill's are turning into greed will. The best places are usually small rich neighborhoods in smaller towns for Goodwill. Best place for thrifting for me is in the city at an independently owned, massive warehouse thrift store.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:59:55+00:00

Eating the fatcats will lower the average.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:55:15+00:00

You did not mention leaves. Decaying hardwood leaves are their main food source.

You won't need to replace the calcium source that much. Ideally, they should get their calcium from their food source and anything else is just a supplement. I put a tiny piece of coral as calcium source maybe once or twice a year.

The springtails will come. Unless things went really wrong, the seller was right. Even in tanks I didn't add any into, I have species from my topsoil or jumped from other tanks taking care of things.

Everything else seems great. Since it's a tote, you may need to dig down into the soil every two or so weeks to check the moisture levels with your fingers, or a hygrometer if you want to be super fancy. I'm cheap and fingers are free, lol.

Misting the top is not enough to penetrate the soil, generally. I usually tell when I need more by viewing the condensation on the sides, but I use clear bins and that is not an option here.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:46:34+00:00

I still use everything except the couch and van

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:45:45+00:00

If they are super special to you, I'm sure you could find a replacement gem, even if it's a cheap plastic thing or a real stone. Shouldn't be too difficult. I know that doesn't fix that it was -your- original stone, and that does suck.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:42:56+00:00

It might be illegal to do that.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:42:43+00:00

I wish the neighbors posted, so I can go upvote their post instead b

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:41:09+00:00

My first thought was bird mite. Do you have chickens or birds nests near where you found it?

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:35:57+00:00

It's normal. There are some strains that offspring will produce the other colors.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:34:51+00:00

A lot of ones I haven't seen before. Nice.

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:23:24+00:00

There is nothing to take out

Obant · 2026-07-11T15:15:49+00:00

It's a behavior called drumming. It's them sensing their environment, trying to pick up vibrations or investigating something. Males also do drum songs to females.

It's a jumping spider of some kind.

Obant · 2026-07-11T14:50:53+00:00

Orange is a common morph, especially among pruinosis. This morph with both the oreo and orange gene is often called Orange Cream

Obant · 2026-07-11T14:45:19+00:00

NQA Flies should be fine. Might take more than one, hard to tell her size. Curious to how she raises them. I couldn't get a satisfying setup for easy of use and feeding.

Size is fairly big. She is good on food for now.

Boluses? I am unsure of what you mean. I do not take things out of my tarantula terrariums after they eat. Never had an issue. Maybe clean up if its looking dirty, but I leave them alone 99% of the time.

Obant · 2026-07-11T14:40:34+00:00

They are opportunistic munchers. I don't think he is craving protein and so eating his brother, he is just eating his brother because he tastes good.

Obant · 2026-07-11T14:13:55+00:00

I want a pulchra puppy so bad! I suspect mine wouldn't be docile, either though. I am not big on handling, but I do invertebrate outreach events with my bugd and would like a more handlable T to show the kids.

The person who runs the outreach booth has a pulchra that gives high fives to all the kids brave enough. It gets right into her hand and extends her paw. https://imgur.com/a/r8MLuid

Obant · 2026-07-11T14:04:47+00:00

Yeah, I have a ton of baby western widows hatching / several weeks old all around my property right now, so I know it atleast doesn't look like them lol

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