Pillbugs and Other Isopods: Cultivating Vivarium Clean-Up Crews and Feeders for Dart Frogs, Arachnids, and Insects

The pillbug and its relatives are beloved the world over by children-in this text they get their due for adults. Spectacular cultivars and amazing species represent an often forgotten group of backyard arthropods. In recent years the beautiful peach pillbug, zebra armadillo-bug, and Dalmatian isopod, among others, have burst on the scene in a growing hobby. Their use as feeders for herps and invertebrates combined with spectacular clean-up crew attributes for terrariums and paludariums may be the main assets of the isopod, but after learning about these spectacular beauties, their simple husbandry, and historical cultivation, the child inside may fall in love again.

Author: Orin McMonigle
Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
Published: 10/10/2013
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781616462079
ISBN10: 1616462078
BISAC Categories:
- Pets | Reptiles, Amphibians & Terrariums
- Science | Life Sciences | Zoology | Invertebrates
- Nature | Animals | Insects & Spiders