Woodlouse Breeding Kit Porcello scaber Ghost

Description

1st Woodlouse breeding kit with LED jar, plants and substrate. A parallel breeding for lovers of ants and other creatures!

Discover the life cycle of French Woodlice in a more colorful form, born in captivity. Porcello scaber live everywhere in your gardens and are easily raised in terrariums. They can be associated with other larger animals and serve as recyclers and feeding on their waste. They recycle dead wood, dead leaves, excrement, fish flakes, vegetable peelings, etc.

These are isopods, that is to say terrestrial crustaceans and not insects. These creatures lived in the time of the dinosaurs and have evolved and shrunk to reach our days… Easily adaptable, they live easily in captivity and reproduce over time to develop their colony.

The result will be particularly decorative thanks to the plants and moss provided (depending on arrivals and creative inspiration), the different layers of substrate and the LED lighting integrated into the glass jar. You will thus be able to create a small cabinet of curiosities and follow the very simple breeding of Woodlice.

Breeding can possibly be associated with ants in terrariums. However, we offer this colony of Woodlice rather with the aim of discovering their breeding apart, for educational purposes or for lovers of original insects!

The Kit contains:

• 5x Woodlice Porcello scaber Ghost
• 20gr of Food (fish flakes, brewer's yeast, jelly etc).
• 15cm jar with LED lighting integrated in the cork stopper
• Drainage (1st layer)
• Plant soil (2nd layer)
• Nutrient substrate for Porcello scaber with humus and special ground wood (3rd layer)
• 1 Green plant or moss suitable for terrarium life and decoration

Illustrative photo of the jar used:

Manual :

• Place a maximum of 1cm of drainage at the bottom of the terrarium then a few centimeters of compost, then a few centimeters of substrate for isopods.
• Do not hesitate to place a border of white sand between the layers of soil, only on the outline, for a decorative effect.
• Plant the plants provided or those of your choice among the plants suitable for terrariums (fittonia, ficus pumila, ivy, etc.).
• Add moss if necessary, a little dead wood, decoration… And woodlice!
• Monitor the condition of the terrarium, add special substrate over time, change the substrate after 1 year if necessary, provide some dead leaves and dead wood as well as the recommended foods (in small quantities) to feed your Woodlice.
• Keep the terrarium in the light but out of direct sunlight, at a temperature between 20 and 24°C. Woodlice do not like strong heat.