Healthy, established colonies from a breeder in the Netherlands.
- €105,00 : 5x isopods
- €200,00 : 10x isopods
Busy making babies. Currently:
Listed for sale are mixed size CB isopods; young or subadults, not mancae.
Armadillidium gestroi ‘Milky Way Yellow’, isopod information > care > photos
Origin: color variety from Liguria, Italy.
Scientific name: Armadillidium gestroi
Trade name: Milky Way Yellow
Basionym: NA
Synonyms (unaccepted): Armadillidium quadriseriatum.
Family: Armadillidae
Common name: Gestro’s Pill Woodlouse.
If the common Armadillidium gestroi isopods are eye candy, then these guys break all the cuteness meters! 🍭😍 I can’t decide which is more beautiful, the ones with the black markings alternating with yellow markings, or the ones that are more yellow? It’s a really beautiful isopod and it’s also huge in size. Armadillidium gestroi ‘Milky Way Yellow’ is even larger than the Armadillidium gestroi ‘Giant’ isopods!
Armadillidium gestroi ‘Milky Way Yellow’, isopod care
Size: adults may reach a length of 18 to 20 mm.
Activity: day; night; early morning
Terrarium: keep ⅓ moist with moss, pieces of tree bark or cork bark and also decaying leaves. Check out also our premium substrate and ultra premium substrate.
Temperature: 17 – 26°C
Humidity: 50 – 70%
Diet: fruits, veggies, greens, fish-food, decaying leaves, white rotten wood, lichen, molting of invertebrates and reptiles. And 2x times a week provide a source of protein. Be sure to check out our Protein mix foods. Also don’t forget a calcium source (calcium triple boost, cuttlefish bone, limestone & oyster seashell, limestone rock) to keep them healthy.
Difficulty: easy
Reproduction rate: fair
Growth rate: normal
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