Nickles’s Isopod
Porcellio nicklesi 12 mixed: $60 50 mixed: $180 This species is very similar to Porcellio bolivari and was once considered a subspecies of it. The care and behavior are very similar, though nicklesi seems...
Category: Isopods
Red-Faced Roly-Poly
Merulanella sp. “Vietnam” 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $200 Red-faced roly-polies are an excellent beginner species for those looking to work with other Merulanella. They are more vigorous and forgiving than some of the...
Arizona Roly-Poly
Venezillo arizonicus “Mount Hopkins” 12 mixed: $150 ( Contact for Availability ) 50 mixed: $500 ( Not Available ) Isopods, in the desert? More likely than you think! The Arizona roly-poly is the only...
Panda King Isopod
Cubaris sp. “Panda King” 15 mixed: $50 50 mixed: $150 100 mixed: $250 Panda king isopods are a cute and utilitarian entity. Despite the cupidity over Cubaris and Nesodillo due to their perceive difficulty...
Common Roly-Poly
Armadillidium vulgare Cultivar Name: “Magic Potion” 15 mixed: $100 50 mixed: $250 Isolated by Jay Fiore and refined by Roach Crossing. It has been five years since the original “Magic Potions” arrived at Roach...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “White Tiger” 15 mixed: $50 ( Contact for availability ) 50 mixed: $150 ( Contact for availability ) 100 mixed: $250 ( Contact for availability ) Isolated and refined by...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Scorpio” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. Roach Crossing began work on “Scorpio” circa 2015, using stock from the potentially now-lost...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Piebald” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated by Valerie O’Neil and refined by Roach Crossing. “Piebald” began as a few individuals collected by Val on the...
Commando Isopod
Alloniscus perconvexus 15 mixed: $80 60 mixed: $300 Back at last and with more husbandry wisdom, Roach Crossing presents the commando isopod! These aptly-named isopods are large, army-camouflaged, and tanky-bodied, perfectly adapted for to...
Big Pine Key Isopod
cf. Porcellio sp. “Big Pine Key” (nomen nudum) 12 mixed: $150 ( Contact for Availability ) This rainbow-colored species was found by Alan Jeon while searching through limestone slabs on Big Pine Key. For...
Bolivar’s Isopod
Porcellio bolivari 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $200 Bolivar’s isopod is a large species found in mountainous areas of eastern Spain. The body shape and pigmentation suggests this species is more cave-adapted than similar...
White Tiger Isopod
Cubaris sp. “White Tiger” 12 mixed: $400 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $1500 (Contact for availability) What little information there is about this isopod suggests it is found in caves in mountainous areas of...
Picopod
Isopoda sp. “Picopod” Starter culture with enclosure (~100 mixed): $70 (Contact for availability) Around 2017 isopod enthusiast Anthony Molnar discovered some random isopods in one of his vivaria. These were no ordinary isopods; they...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Gene Machine” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. This is a genetic powerhouse for those looking to create their own Porcellio...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Orange Embers” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. Around 2012 I noticed some lighter individuals in my pure “Spanish Orange” colony...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Sherbert” 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $300 100 mixed: $500 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. After six years of teasing brightly colored phenotypes out of “Orin’s...
Ornate Isopod
Porcellio ornatus Cultivar name: “Witch’s Brew” 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $300 ( Contact for availability ) 100 mixed: $500 ( Contact for availability ) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. This strain is...
Powdery Blue Isopod
Porcellionides pruinosis Cultivar name: “Orange Cream” 15 mixed: $40 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $100 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $180 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. A cross of the...
Pak Chong Isopod
Cubaris sp. “Pak Chong” 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $250 The color scheme of these delightful Cubaris immediately reminds me of a Bernese mountain dog. What little information is available about this species states...
Smooth Isopod
Porcellio laevis Cultivar name: “How Now” 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $160 100 mixed: $250 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. Sometimes persistence pays off. After years of refining Porcellio laevis “Caramel”, some very...
Rubber Ducky Isopod
Cubaris sp. “Rubber Ducky” 12 mixed: $200 50 mixed: $700 The rubber ducky isopod is one of the most popular and sought-after species. When viewed from the front the segments of their head resemble...
Skirted Isopod
Oniscus asellus 12 mixed: $10 45 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $70 (Contact for availability) This flat isopod is very common as an introduced species in the eastern United States and can frequently be found...
Smooth Isopod
Porcellio laevis Cultivar name: “Caramel” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $160 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. In the last 5 years numerous single-gene mutations have been isolated...
Gestro’s Dotty Roly-Poly
Armadillidium gestroi 12 mixed: $70 50 mixed: $250 100 mixed: $450 This delightful isopod is packed with color from birth to adulthood. Juveniles are light mustard yellow with intense yellow flecks and age to...
Expanded Isopod
Porcellio expansus Cultivar name: “White” 12 mixed: $150 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $500 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $800 (Contact for availability) This giant isopod is perhaps one of the largest terrestrial species...
Powdery Blue Isopod
Porcellionides pruinosis Cultivar name: “Orange” 15 mixed: $20 50 mixed: $60 100 mixed: $100 Unknown isolator. Doubling the strikingness of the powdery blue isopod, this variety enhances the dazzling blue gleam with the addition...
Nosy Roly-Poly
Armadillidium nasatum Cultivar name: “Orange” 12 mixed: $15 50 mixed: $50 100 mixed: $90 (Contact for availability) Isolated by Roach Crossing. A pleasant surprise found while gardening, “Orange” boasts saturated orange striping over creamsicle...
Dwarf White Isopod
Trichorhina tomentosa 30 mixed: $10 100 mixed: $30 500 mixed: $120 (Contact for availability) These little isopods are excellent to use in combination with springtails in moist enclosures with substrate. They are fast breeders, and...
Great Canyon Isopod
Porcellio dilatatus 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Despite the larger maximum size of the skirted isopod, the great canyon isopod reaches larger adult sizes more consistently. This species often burrows...
Smooth Isopod
Porcellio laevis 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Although most of the other isopods available here are introduced in my lovely home state of Michigan, the smooth isopod has yet to...
Brickwork Isopod
Porcellio spinicornis 12 mixed: $10 (Contact for Availability) 50 mixed: $40 (Contact for Availability) The brickwork isopod gets its name from its interesting habitat choices. It is most commonly found in rock piles, on...
Rathki’s Trachelipus
Trachelipus rathkii Cultivar name: “Rainbow Mix” 12 mixed: $10 (Contact for Availability) 50 mixed: $40 (Contact for Availability) Isolated by Roach Crossing. Yet another introduced isopod species, Rathki’s Trachelipus usually inhabits leaf litter and...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Perhaps one of the most familiar organisms anywhere, the rough isopod can be found almost anywhere humans have colonized, just like roaches! Unlike...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Dalmatian” 15 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $80 100 mixed: $150 Isolated by Roach Crossing. This is -the- original “Dalmatian” stock from which all other black-spotted dalmatians should be derived. This...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Spanish Orange” 15 mixed: $20 50 mixed: $50 100 mixed: $90 Isolated and refined by Orin McMonigle. Roach Crossing’s “Spanish Orange” isopods are guaranteed to be 100% pure, original Orin...
Common Roly-Poly
Armadillidium vulgare 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 I do not know anyone who has not played with a roly-poly at some point in their lives. These durable crustaceans are found...
Zebra Roly-Poly
Armadillidium maculatum 15 mixed: $25 50 mixed: $60 100 mixed: $100 This is the zebra-striped roly-poly that kicked off the modern isopod craze. They are easy to keep, lively, and somehow strikingly colorful despite...
Nosy Roly-Poly
Armadillidium nasatum 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Another migrant from Europe, the nosy roly-poly is often found in gardens and greenhouses. It is distinguished from the common roly-poly by a...
Curly Isopod
Cylisticus convexus 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Curly isopods, like the namesake “roly-polies” of the genus Armadillidium, can roll up when frightened. Uniquely, instead of rolling into a ball, they...
Little Sea Roly-Poly
Cubaris murina “Bahia Honda” 15 mixed: $20 50 mixed: $50 100 mixed: $80 Despite having only two days to search the Florida Keys on my first trip for bugs (and half of that time...
Powdery Blue Isopod
Porcellionides pruinosus 20 mixed: $10 70 mixed: $30 200 mixed: $90 (Contact for availability) The powdery blue woodlouse is a fast-reproducing and fast-moving isopod that does best when kept warm. They are excellent feeders...
Florida Fast Isopod
Atlantoscia floridana 15 mixed: $10 60 mixed: $35 (Contact for availability) 150 mixed: $75 (Contact for availability) This species is found in various scrub and forest habitats throughout the Southeastern United States and ranges...
Flowery Blue Isopod
Porcellionides floria 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 This species is so similar to the powdery blue isopod that the only guaranteed way to tell the two apart is by using...
Dwarf Purple Isopod
Phalloniscus baldonii 30 mixed: $10 100 mixed: $30 (Contact for availability) 500 mixed: $120 (Contact for availability) Also known as the “dwarf purple”, “Costa Rican purple”, and “jungle micropod”, this tiny species is a...
Little Roly-Poly
Venezillo parvus 15 mixed: $10 50 mixed: $30 100 mixed: $50 Shy and reclusive, this small roly-poly makes a decent addition to most clean-up crews. The marmorated markings are quite interesting, though to view...
Clown Roly-Poly
Armadillidium klugii “Montenegro” 12 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $100 100 mixed: $150 Once the holy grail of roly-poly collectors the world over, this species has increased in popularity and is now a mainstay of...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Orange Dalmatian” 15 mixed: $30 50 mixed: $80 100 mixed: $150 Isolated and refined by Ryan Orr. Contrary to popular belief, this line of Porcellio scaber was NOT created by...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “White Out” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $120 100 mixed: $200 Isolated by Roach Crossing. This fascinating cultivar possesses absolutely no dark pigmentation- even its eyes are whited out! Very...
Common Roly-Poly
Armadillidium vulgare Cultivar name: “Orange Vigor” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $120 100 mixed: $200 Isolated by Alan Jeon, refined by Roach Crossing. This line of oranges has been heavily outcrossed (Dearborn, Michigan wild...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Spottergeist” 15 mixed: $60 ( Contact for Availability ) 50 mixed: $150 ( Contact for Availability ) 100 mixed: $250 ( Contact for Availability ) Isolated by Anthony Molnar; minor...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber Cultivar name: “Lucy” 15 mixed: $50 50 mixed: $150 100 mixed: $250 Isolated and refined by Roach Crossing. An animal’s phenotypes, or physical appearance, can be determined by both its genetics as...
Magnificent Isopod
Porcellio magnificus 12 mixed: $100 (Contact for availability) 50 mixed: $300 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $500 (Contact for availability) The defunct term “Spanish giant orange isopod” is certainly better applied to this large...
Common Roly-Poly
Armadillidium vulgare Cultivar name: “Pennypack Gold” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $120 (Contact for availability) 100 mixed: $200 (Contact for availability) Isolated and refined by Bill Yannone. This beautiful line of common roly-polies has...
Humongous Isopod
Porcellio hoffmannseggii 12 mixed: $80 50 mixed: $200 100 mixed: $350 Humongous isopods are well-deserving of their namesake; fully grown individuals may be the largest fully terrestrial isopods! This species is found in Spain,...
Bovine Isopod
Porcellio aff. laevis Cultivar name: “Dairy Cow” 15 mixed: $25 50 mixed: $75 100 mixed: $140 Whimsically black-and-white, this adorable isopod mutant has attracted many new isopod enthusiasts. After many years of suspicion, this...
Skirted Isopod
Oniscus asellus Cultivar name: “Stardust Dalmatian” 15 mixed: $40 50 mixed: $120 100 mixed: $200 Isolated and refined by Connor Brescia. Unlike the “Mardi Gras Dalmatian”, “Stardust Dalmatian” has small flecks of yellow playfully...
Rough Isopod
Porcellio scaber cf. forma lusitanus Cultivar name: “Lava” 15 mixed: $60 50 mixed: $160 100 mixed: $300 Originally described as a single-gene mutation, “Lava” is actually a complex of extremely variable genotypes. This stock...