Today we interview Smug Bug www.smug-bug.com/, an isopod and reptile breeder/seller with a wide selection and great knowledge of how to help isopods thrive!
I’m just watching this and have a question if it’s not too late? When did you isolate the papayas? And if they produce the wild color, do you take it out? Or is that impossible.
I don’t know if Laura will see this…I am not sure when she isolated Cubaris murina Papaya, but I can say that once a strain is fully isolated, producing wild types is unlikely, but possible ( it requires a mutation that reverses the mutation that caused the color variation). Incompletely isolated strains will throw wild types frequently, however. When I first got Armadillidium nasatum‘whiteout’, they were not fully isolated. Over time, I removed the wild types, and now I don’t see wild types much, if at all.
I know that this stream is a bit old but I figured I should comment anyway. Do you know what state Smug Bug is in? Considering buying some new isopods soon. :)
I need help learning how to tell one species from another… I have a bin of wild caught that I pulled out of woodlands, I got quite excited, they look like calico scaber, or toned down lava, very variable individuals. But I collected them early on in my isopod journey… and I ended up with several kinds in that bin, I think I was unable to recognize differences between them, or I may have just gotten over eager and collected a group that had babies in it, or I was just sloppy and tossed everything in together 🤷🏾 Whatever the case there’s 3 or 4 (or more) types in this same bin and so far, the longer I leave it alone the more different ones pop up. I’ve just started pull off any individuals that look alike and putting each type in a new bin. Which is All well and good except the whole “where will I put them!?!” question comes up… I haven’t bought a single isopod and have more than 10 different types and like 15 different bins… several are just mixed on purpose but the rest are meant to be isolated
What a lovely lady! I enjoyed that
@@PureAndShrimple as did I! She has a lot
of great insights!
@@Aquarimax no CZcams channel? I found her on Instagram
This was awesome!!
I’m just watching this and have a question if it’s not too late? When did you isolate the papayas? And if they produce the wild color, do you take it out? Or is that impossible.
I don’t know if Laura will see this…I am not sure when she isolated Cubaris murina Papaya, but I can say that once a strain is fully isolated, producing wild types is unlikely, but possible ( it requires a mutation that reverses the mutation that caused the color variation). Incompletely isolated strains will throw wild types frequently, however. When I first got Armadillidium nasatum‘whiteout’, they were not fully isolated. Over time, I removed the wild types, and now I don’t see wild types much, if at all.
I know that this stream is a bit old but I figured I should comment anyway. Do you know what state Smug Bug is in? Considering buying some new isopods soon. :)
I believe Smug Bug is based in South Dakota. 😊
@@Aquarimax Thank you! Love your channel by the way. Happy keeping 🙂
I enjoy this so much! Amazing content, best wishes to you and your future projects! 🌻
Watching again on June 4 2022.
Still amazing and interesting !
Great video! Thanks for the information about isopods playing dead, I was worried about that and its good to know its normal.
In my area, vulgare isopods are breeding. I've seen pregnant females whenever I go isopod looking
I’ve got gobs of multi colored A. Nasatum. All originally wild caught and I keep catching more variants.
There are babies so we will see what comes
I need help learning how to tell one species from another… I have a bin of wild caught that I pulled out of woodlands, I got quite excited, they look like calico scaber, or toned down lava, very variable individuals. But I collected them early on in my isopod journey… and I ended up with several kinds in that bin, I think I was unable to recognize differences between them, or I may have just gotten over eager and collected a group that had babies in it, or I was just sloppy and tossed everything in together 🤷🏾
Whatever the case there’s 3 or 4 (or more) types in this same bin and so far, the longer I leave it alone the more different ones pop up.
I’ve just started pull off any individuals that look alike and putting each type in a new bin. Which is All well and good except the whole “where will I put them!?!” question comes up… I haven’t bought a single isopod and have more than 10 different types and like 15 different bins… several are just mixed on purpose but the rest are meant to be isolated
smug bug!
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