Bianca m Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I've been collecting roly polys recently. These two are my favorite, one is a white yellowish color some spots. The other is thin, flat like, spikey edges and yellow spots (seems more skittish than other types). I live in michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 I'm going to guess A. vulgare and Porcellio spinicornis. Mostly in Michigan you're going to see Porcellio scaber and Armadillidium vulgare but A. nasastum, Oniscus, and Porcellionides aren't too rare. Armadillidium roll into balls. These are all European adventives, you won't find much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 It sounds like you may have Porcellio spinicornis and Oniscus asellus by your descriptions. Bugguide is a great resource for identifying different bugs in case you'd like to try it out for any future species you may find. iNaturalist is also very useful, although it occasionally does get things wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianca m Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Allpet Roaches said: I'm going to guess A. vulgare and Porcellio spinicornis. Mostly in Michigan you're going to see Porcellio scaber and Armadillidium vulgare but A. nasastum, Oniscus, and Porcellionides aren't too rare. Armadillidium roll into balls. These are all European adventives, you won't find much else. So I figured out what the white one was. I thought it was a dairy cow but it's a magic potion! Don't know the scientific names sorry lol!! I'm just getting into isopods. But the porcellio scaber for sure the other ones possibly as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianca m Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, All About Arthropods said: It sounds like you may have Porcellio spinicornis and Oniscus asellus by your descriptions. Bugguide is a great resource for identifying different bugs in case you'd like to try it out for any future species you may find. iNaturalist is also very useful, although it occasionally does get things wrong. I will definitely look into those thank you so much, I've been having a hard time finding ways to ID them so it'll help! Yes the porcellio spinicornis is the one I really like. The white one I mentioned is actually a magic potion isopod. Really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Bianca m said: I will definitely look into those thank you so much, I've been having a hard time finding ways to ID them so it'll help! Yes the porcellio spinicornis is the one I really like. The white one I mentioned is actually a magic potion isopod. Really cool No problem! Are you talking about captive bred isopods that someone sent you or ones that you found in the wild? The identification resources I mentioned will only be useful for wild isopods unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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