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Porcellionides cingendus (Mottled Coastal Woodlouse)

Porcellionides cingendus isopods for sale

Porcellionides cingendus, isopods for sale, in stock, available
Porcellionides cingendus is one of the most diverse – in color – isopods I have seen ๐Ÿ˜€

Interested? You can place your order here, or on Instagram ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™‚โ„น๏ธ Learn about shipping. Listed for sale are mixed size CB isopods. Mixed size means young or subadult isopods (but not mancae).


Distribution: France, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom.
Scientific name: Porcellionides cingendus
Basionym: Porcellio cingendus
Synonyms (unaccepted): Metoponorthus (Lusitoniscus) cingendus, Porcellio (Porcellionides) lusitanorum, Porcellio cingendus, Porcellionides simplex.
Family: Porcellionidae
Common name: Mottled Coastal Woodlouse.

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Porcellionides cingendus is a small (just 8mm long) isopod species that is distributed throughout the Western Europe, Spain, Portugal and also in the UK. It is an extremely variable species, with individuals ranging from ocher color with red spots, to grey to brown and all of them have an interesting pattern.

Porcellionides cingendus, isopod care

Size: adults may reach a length of 7 – 9 mm.
Activity: day; early morning; nighttime.
Terrarium: keep โ…” moist with moss, pieces of rotting white wood and also decaying leaves. Check out also our premium substrate.
Temperature: 15 โ€“ 26ยฐC
Humidity: 65 โ€“ 75%; they prefer it more moist than other European isopod species.
Diet: fruits, veggies, greens, fish-food, decaying leaves, rotting white 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 donโ€™t forget a calcium source (cuttlefish bone, limestone & oyster seashell, limestone rock) to keep them healthy.
Difficulty: easy to moderate.
Reproduction rate: fair; they produce normal size broods, but they are sensitive to drought.
Growth rate: normal.

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FAQ

I haven’t seen them around. Are they WC?

The isopods for sale are offspring from our colony. All isopods in captivity came once from WC isopods indeed (they don’t fall from the sky ๐Ÿ˜). But we only sell CB animals ๐Ÿ™‚

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