Howdy. Isopods vary extremely in their quality as food. The common sowbugs were never eaten by any of my animals except toads and helmeted geckos (Tarentola chazaliae). I am even eager to get rid of any sowbug coming with collected moss because they're notorius eaters of softshelled lizard-eggs. On the other hand here in germany a small white tropical sowbug (very softshelled) is a well-used and often cultivated food for any small animal, be it frog, cham, or gecko.
A class of rollable Millipeds is often mistaken for the sowbugs that can roll up. easiest-to-see difference is the count of legs on a segment: while the isopod got one pair of legs/segment, the millipeds got two pair/segment (DIPLOPODS). And the Millipeds are the toxic ones. Greetings from Hamburg Sven Vogler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyle Puente" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gecko] Orange Pill Bugs Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:03:41 -0500 > > Hi Mike, > 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 > > Lyle Puente > President > Global Gecko Association > > My Brothers Banned > http://www.mybrothersbanned.com > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
