DanB
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Why do Pill bugs cost so much? I've Dee them as much as $1.00 per bug. Is this normal or am I looking in the wrong place for them.
Dan
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Pill bug cost.
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You live in Florida, you can just find em in your yard. Take a piece of wood and lay it flat on some dirt. Wait about a week lift the wood up and you'll see a bunch of them
DanB
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Should I quarantine them for a bit before adding them?
Where can I sell pill bugs ? Can’t wait to become a millionaire
Ditto. I can't take two steps in my yard without killing 4 of them.
I don't
Zouwu
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Isopods are safe in tortoise enclosures right? I assume they are used as janitors to clean up old pieces of food.
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Yep
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I think that's exactly what I would suggest.
Just because of this post, I went and harvested a nice hand full of them. I just let them bread in the sphagnum moss substrate. Then, take a pitch of moss out to seed a little container with substrate that's already had eggs laid in it. Then its much easier to get Artemis a healthy hand full for her feeder bowl.
She will only notice a whole bunch of them in there, or not at all.
She will only notice a whole bunch of them in there, or not at all.
I already have a fun bug vacuum , plus a little terrarium for the little guys stored away. Pill bugs never really have an offensive odour, I find.
Keep forgetting to put it all back together....
Out of sight = out of mind. Things are too, cute. Well, before Arty eats them , that is.
Keep forgetting to put it all back together....
Out of sight = out of mind. Things are too, cute. Well, before Arty eats them , that is.
Because people happily pay too much for them.
CarolM
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And here I cannot find any. I lift up lots of wood, in fact I deliberately leave wood, leaves anything that might attract them and nothing.
DanB
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Same here, maybe we took this winter their deeper down
A bug vacuum sounds cool. I don't have one of those but I do get hours of entertainment with my Bug A Salt
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DanB
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Found a guy in Florida (Dark Tower Reptiles) who is on FB who sells them. Here is the list I just got from him of what he has on hand now.
*Armadillidium nasatum - "Nosy" 10x = $12
*Atlantoscia floridana - "Florida Fast" 10x = $12
*Cylisticus convexus - "Curly" 10x = $12
*Isopoda sp. "Dwarf Purple" 25x = $10
*Isopoda sp. "Tarragona" 15x = $25
*Porcellio sp. "Sevilla" 10x = $45
*Porcellio dilatatus - "Giant Canyon" 10x = $15
*Porcellio laevis - "Smooth" 10x = $12
*Porcellio laevis - "Orange" 10x = $15
*Porcellio laevis - "Dairy Cow" 10x = $35
*Porcellio spinicornis 10x = $15
*Porcellionides pruinosus - "Powder Blue" 10x = $12
*Trichorhina tomentosa - "Dwarf White" 25x = $10
*Venezillo parvus - "Little" 10x = $15
*Armadillidium nasatum - "Nosy" 10x = $12
*Atlantoscia floridana - "Florida Fast" 10x = $12
*Cylisticus convexus - "Curly" 10x = $12
*Isopoda sp. "Dwarf Purple" 25x = $10
*Isopoda sp. "Tarragona" 15x = $25
*Porcellio sp. "Sevilla" 10x = $45
*Porcellio dilatatus - "Giant Canyon" 10x = $15
*Porcellio laevis - "Smooth" 10x = $12
*Porcellio laevis - "Orange" 10x = $15
*Porcellio laevis - "Dairy Cow" 10x = $35
*Porcellio spinicornis 10x = $15
*Porcellionides pruinosus - "Powder Blue" 10x = $12
*Trichorhina tomentosa - "Dwarf White" 25x = $10
*Venezillo parvus - "Little" 10x = $15
Yes, you're looking in the wrong places. Just turn over a rotting log or trash in the yard and you'll find them for free!
DanB
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Trust me Ive been looking every day, both at work and at home, Nothing, not even a dead one. Its like most things, when you want it, you cant find it and after you buy one you find them everywhere for free.
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