Sow bugs

smy_749 · 04-26-13, 06:08 PM

I was being a dork at school and lifted up a log that looked like it had some potential to house something, its starting to get nice out. Anyways, nothing interesting, but I did find 3 millipedes and like 100 sow bugs. So naturally I just grabbed them all in a cup and brought them home.

Planning to throw them in the roach box as waste management and a few in some terrariums (hopefully some springtails will come out of nowhere too)

the question, does anyone have sow bugs in the roach bin, do they do a decent job cleaning up?

Akuma223 · 04-27-13, 11:13 AM

I have some in a roach bin but I don't have a lot of roaches and cant say how well they do for cleaning. I have a pretty orange woodlouse in there that I found, he's a very different color from the others :3

Cobaltfang · 08-03-13, 01:38 AM

I keep them by them selves for fun and to feed my sunfish they eat everything and anything like humidity and are almost the hardy'st thing's i own i through some in my ball python cage a few months ago and with are still around.

poison123 · 08-03-13, 10:05 AM

They will soon die if you are not using soil. These guys need deep soil to gain moister.

smy_749 · 08-03-13, 12:41 PM

Super old thread lol

poison123 · 08-03-13, 02:49 PM

Ooops it was under "unread posts". My bad.

smy_749 · 08-03-13, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

Ooops it was under "unread posts". My bad.

Someone bumped it up randomly haha Anyways, springtails and beetles are prob the better option for roach bins no?

poison123 · 08-03-13, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

Someone bumped it up randomly haha Anyways, springtails and beetles are prob the better option for roach bins no?

Same with springtail, they need moister. Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) are good cleaners for a roach colony though.