[Guest]

Does anyone feed Porcellio? I was wondering if frogs will eat the adults, or if they only eat the nymphs.
Neal

 

[AJ_Cann]

Yup, not many frogs wll eat the adults, except for hungry Phyllobates.
This means it's easy to establish a population in your viv. They can do limited damage to soft plants - not usually a huge problem though. Quite useful scavengers and a background source of food.

 

[Guest]

Is it Porcellio scaber or a different Porcellio species?

 

[AJ_Cann]

I culture Porcellio scaber:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan.cann/ ... dlice.html

 

[Guest]

You said they do limited damage to plants. Any particular types of plants that might not be good with Porcellio?

 

[Dendrobait]

Is the plain ol pillbug(Armadillium(sp.?) vulgare) fine for using in a similar way?

 

[AJ_Cann]

They do limited damage to plants with very soft leaves, but it's not really a problem if your plants are growing well.

Pillbugs (rollypolies) have a much harder cuticle and a difficult for smaller frogs to eat.