Dwarf White Isopods 10 Count for sale from Big Z's (Trichorhina tomentosa). Spice-rated keeper notes, care guidance, and live-arrival packing where eligible.
Trichorhina tomentosa (Dwarf White Isopod / Dwarf White)
The cleanup crew the whole hobby runs on. Dwarf Whites live down in the substrate where the mess is, eating leftover cricket parts, frass and rotting plant matter and helping keep mold in check before any of it turns into a mite or fungus problem. Every one of them is female and every one of them breeds, so there is no sexing, no pairing and no waiting on a male: ten go in, a self-running colony comes out. You will barely ever see them, and that is the point, because your tarantula, scorpion or frog gets a cleaner home while you do less maintenance. Grab a few ten-counts today and put a crew on cleanup duty in every humid enclosure on your shelf.
Why do hobbyists keep Trichorhina tomentosa?
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The OG Cleanup Crew: the go-to isopod for bioactive enclosures. They break waste and leftovers down into healthy soil, around the clock.
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All-Female Colony: a parthenogenetic species, so every isopod in the box can build a colony on its own. Ten in, hundreds out.
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Invisible Janitors: at 1/8 to 1/4 inch they stay down in the substrate and out of sight, so your animal stays the star of the show.
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Bioactive Made Easy: the simplest way to turn a tropical tarantula, scorpion, centipede, millipede or dart frog setup into a living, self-cleaning enclosure. Dart frogs eat them too.
How should Trichorhina tomentosa be kept?
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Adult Size: 1/8 to 1/4 inch. Pinhead-small and bright white.
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Enclosure: drop them straight into any humid setup with moist substrate and a layer of leaf litter, or start a vented tub with 2 to 4 inches of damp substrate as a culture to seed from.
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Temperature: 70 to 80 degrees F. Normal room temperature is perfect.
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Humidity: 60 to 90 percent. Keep at least one end of the substrate damp: they crash in bone-dry setups.
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Water: damp substrate and moss are their water. If the enclosure has a water dish, keep it shallow so they cannot drown.
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Diet: in a live enclosure, leftovers, waste and leaf litter feed them. A culture tub gets leaf litter and rotting hardwood, a pinch of fish flakes or veggies now and then, and a calcium source like cuttlebone.
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Temperament: harmless. No bite, no sting, safe for the kids to watch. No handling needed: they are tiny and fragile.
Are there any additional notes or considerations?
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Captive-Bred: culture-raised colony stock, shipped as ten mixed-size isopods per order. Need a bigger crew for a big build? Grab a few ten-counts.
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Match the Humidity: made for tropical and humid enclosures. Bone-dry desert setups will not hold them, and around tiny slings a light seeding is plenty.
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The Full Crew: pair them with springtails. The isopods break down the waste, the springtails mop up the mold, and together they keep a bioactive enclosure clean.
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Spice Level 1: Kid Safe. Ten isopods per order, shipped live on FedEx Overnight. Live Arrival Guarantee on overnight orders.
The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →
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- Spice 1 — Kid Friendly
- Source
- CB: captive-bred.
- Lifestyle
- Fossorial: a burrower. Deep, packable substrate.
