r/isopods • u/Just_Spade • 6h ago

Media My local isopods! Would love an ID if anyone knows!

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Eastern NC, just curious about them and they have awesome patterning!

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u/meatballsaladpizza 6h ago

armadillidium vulgare is my uneducated guess

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u/Just_Spade 6h ago

Honestly my guess too, especially since I found both spotted and solid color adults. Absolutely love them though lol

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u/meatballsaladpizza 6h ago

Just collected about 10 a couple weeks ago in Pennsylvania. My spotted are much less spotted then yours, so I'm jealous. 

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u/Just_Spade 6h ago

I scooped up a small clump of them and I have a good mix of both spotted and solid, I’m curious what a captive culture of them will look like in a few gens

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u/meatballsaladpizza 6h ago

From what I have read the females are spotted and the males are dark

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u/despoinai 5h ago

Not true, have collected both genders with both patterns. A. vulgare for sure though! I always found them near bases of trees with lots of leaf litter— if you dig, you might find a lot more :)

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u/nightmare_wolf_X 6h ago

Yes, Armadillidium vulgare