15ct Zebra Isopods A. maculatum * Cleaner Crew * Feeder * U Pick Bundle

Description

Shipping:
We offer
FREE Priority Mail Shipping
on all Live Isopods orders.
Due to extreme temperature across the US, if your local temps are below 45*F or above 85*F we will mark your box "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
15+ Zebra Isopods (Armadillidium maculatum)
Comes with care sheet.
Every order is packed over-counted!
Includes FREE sample with order & a bonus gift!
Natural
Organic
Captive Bred
Shop with confidence from the very same invertebrates supplied to stores, rescues and zoos!
Armadillidium maculatum isopods, also known as Zebra isopods, are attractive large black and white striped isopods. These isopods, native to France, are relatively slow growing and make a great addition to terrariums not only as cleaner crews, but also as a tasty snack!
A. maculatum - Zebra
Difficulty:
Beginner
Size:
.65 inches.
Housing:
Plastic storage bin or glass terrarium
Food Preferences:
freeze dried shrimp, vegetables, dried leaves, wood, grasses, and decaying matter,
Reptanicals
Isopod Feast
Temp Requireme
nts:
approx. 65 Degrees to 85 Degrees. Extreme cold and heat can be lethal
Breeding:
Easy - with proper care sub-adults will begin to breed before reaching full size
Substrate:
Coconut coir, peat moss, or
Reptanicals
Bug Bedding
:
Isopod Substrate, slightly moist with a layer of leaf litter
Humidity:
slightly humid, mist one side of enclosure to create moisture gradient. Keep moss on moist side to help maintain humidity.
Isopods are gaining popularity in the reptile industry for a number of very good reasons. They are nature's janitorial crews! Add them to your home enclosure to reduce mold, feces, decaying matter, and improve substrate health! All while providing a calcium rich, nutritious snack for your critters to enjoy any time they wish.
Enclosure larger than 10 gallons? If you're looking to breed these isopods outside of a vivarium, we'd recommend keeping them in one of our
Reptanicals
Cleaner Breeder Boxes
for easy care and to ensure the health of your isopods. Our kits come complete from substrate, food, everything you need to culture with success!
Our Isopods are fed a mix of organic vegetables and mushrooms twice weekly in addition to our own supplemental food. They are kept on coconut coir substrate with moist sphagnum moss to help maintain humidity, provided cuttlebone for calcium, and cork hides for enrichment.
Don't forget to pick up our
Reptanicals
Isopod Feast
, a great nutritional addition to fresh food, such as vegetables like carrots. Some isopods, if starved, can consume or chew on delicate critters. Developed by biologists our premium protein packed blend of vitamins minerals and nutrients make the perfect food isopods desire and provide healthy meals for reptiles that consume them!
Shipping:
We offer FREE Priority Mail Shipping on all Live Isopods orders.
Due to extreme temperature across the US, if your local temps are above 85*F or below 40*F we reserve the right to mark order "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
All live animals are shipped Monday-Wednesday
. Orders placed on or after Wednesday at noon will ship the following Monday to avoid spending the weekend at the post office or on a truck. Someone must be present to accept package delivery.
Cold Temp notice:
We ship dozens of packages every Mon-Wed to sub-freezing temps. Our ultra-insulative packing filler is perfect for winter shipping and negates the need for heat packs. Shipping packs for reptiles max out at 100* (compared to 180* for hot hands) and can easily cook a shipment of springtails/isopods as our boxes are extremely well insulated.
If your temps are below 45*F
we will mark order
"HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
We ship isopods USPS Priority Mail (as both UPS and FedEx are unreliable in our area and have lost/left packages) This ensures your animals are only in transit for 2 days and your package is insured. Should anything happen to them, your costs are completely covered and a replacement would cost you nothing.
Hot Temp notice:
If your temps are above 85*F we will mark order "HOLD at Post Office" for Live Arrival Guarantee.
Cold packs are included free of charge as needed.