I haven't heard about any toxicity. Some species do exude and sticky noxious fluid when molsted. I don't know which and if this is toxic. I learned about their usefulness with chameleons years ago and have used them with unknown negative effects. Doesn't mean they don't have potential though.
Any entomologists on the list care to comment ?
On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Mike Martin wrote:
lyle - you say that people use pill bugs in their terraria to help break
down organic matter and consume mites. for some reason, i think i
remember reading somewhere that pill bugs are toxic, otherwise i probably
would have attempted using them as a feeder or at least a recycler in some
of my terraria. do you know anything about this as far as native north
american pill bugs are concerned? i'd like to try them in at least one of
my setups if you guys really think they're safe.
mike
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