Roachbread's Bug Blog

 Hello everyone. Welcome again to another post. Recently, I got some Viviparidae species assumed to be Filopaludina sumatrensis. Viviparidae sp. I got about 15 specimens, and they did look like some sort of Filopaludina. I then noticed their underside, which looked nothing like a Filopaludina at all Viviparidae sp. They are some type of Viviparidae, but they're probably undescribed. Here's a view of their shell They're absolutely gorgeous though, and I think my snails are going through something called "stress birthing" This isn't really a good sign because it's an indicator of stress, but from what I've seen they should be adapting quicker hopefully because this comes from moving into a new environment. But the good side is there are babies as a result from this. Here are some pictures  And that's pretty much all I got to say for the Viviparidae. But together with these, I also got some more interesting freshwater snails. Pomacea canaliculata  Pla...

Hi everyone. Welcome to another post. In this post I want to share how I keep my Venezillo parvus isopods, also known as Little Pillbugs. Range So where is this species from? V. parvus range from the USA, to Europe and possibly Asia. It isn't confirmed if the ones in Asia are really V. parvus though, and I collected mine here in my hometown in Indonesia so I'll just call them Venezillo cf. parvus. But they usually thrive in warm and humid environments.  Description Venezillo parvus is a rather small species of isopod. They are about 5mm at their largest, and are able to conglobate. I have the wildtype variant, but there are some morphs out there that possess striking patterns, such as Dalmatian where it's something like a dairy cow, white with black blotches. But in my opinion, the wildtype are also quite beautiful. They come in two colors. One is like the one shown above, which is a much apply a more dull-colored and greyish body, while I've seen some with more vibrant...