Dozens of Isopods!

Let's just put it this way: I'm going to need a bigger fish tank...

  I decided to explore very close to the brook next to my house. There were lots of rock and logs. In and under them, I found spiders, millipedes and centipedes, even a queen ant in the middle of hibernation. I found hundreds of Isopods, though! I went berserk catching them. There were even a few color morphs. I believe the species were some sort of mix of Philoscia muscorum, Oniscus asellus, Porcellio scaber and quite possibly Trachelipus rathkii. There could be more species, I woudn't know. Here is a picture of them as a whole:



  I then grouped them roughly by species (Philoscia muscorumis not there becuase I find them very easy to identify.):

Oniscus asellus:










Porcellio scaber:







Are these right?


  These are the ones I could not roughly identify becuase they were too small, their color morph was too strong, or they looked like something in between two species:









Feel free to ask for better pictures if neccesary!

Sweet, I have had a few jack pots like this myself. I am no good at giving ID's, especially Isopods so I will leave this to someone like hisserdude.

I have found MANY MANY such jackpots. too bad I don't like isopods

T.C. wrote:Sweet, I have had a few jack pots like this myself. I am no good at giving ID's, especially Isopods so I will leave this to someone like hisserdude.

Yeah, water seems to be the key for me since it gives this moisture gradient to the dirt next to it. I have a spot only a hundred feet away from where my jackpot was, and all you find is the occasional P. muscorum. Quite amazing how much animal diversity changes, particularly insects, within only a few yards.

I realized I did not get all individuals. l will post pics later or tomorrow

Can i have pics of the millipedes and centipedes?

Samkeepsants wrote:Can i have pics of the millipedes and centipedes?

I did not catch them, just saw a bunch.

oh also if you get them to breed ill buy some of the color morphs

Samkeepsants wrote:oh also if you get them to breed ill buy some of the color morphs

  Sorry, I do not wish to ship anything or give my adress to anyone.
As long as you find a nice jackpot, you can easily find color morphs, I've noticed. Especially if the area is very close to water and there are a lot of dead leaves on the ground.

Managed to use my novice ID skills to break down some more of the Isopods to species level. Still have a few though that need IDs, mostly close ties between P. scaber and T. rathkii. Pics coming soon.