my Armadillo officinalis had babies!

squeaklets

apparently they can stridulate even as mancae!

@AnAverageWalrus I have no idea what that means, but it sounds very impressive! 🐛

@AnAverageWalrus they can hiss even when they’re this tiny!

Soo cute 😭 I'm curious how the adult isopods interact with the babies if they interact at all. The seem to just be like "ah yes, baby is there" but I am curious if any caretaking goes on or the babies are self sufficient? Or if the adults occasionally snack on them? 😬

they don’t really acknowledge the babies until they get larger & then treat them like other isopods. any isopod will eat any other isopod if it is dead or severely injured

I figured as much. Thank you for the answer!

"What is that? Ah, right, that's my child."

Do they know they are babies ?

@vincenz97124488 do any babies?

Mb i meant if the adults know not to nibble them

@vincenz97124488 they are not predatory on live animals except opportunistically

Oh cool, i was curius if they were like porcellium

Mine did too awhile back, aren’t they just the smallest and cute little bugs

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD SO CUTE

theyre so cute and tiny

Why bring more kinds into this plastic world 😤

@Esteban72728757

Love this! What do you use to record in such nice resolution?

iPhone + a clip on macro lens

oh wow! thanks!

YAAAAAAA

omg such cuties!!!

Little minis! 💕🐛✨

@Mikoaj67938643

Aaaahhh BABIES 😭😭😭😭 so tiny and sweet!

Not gonna lie, it looked like it was eating the baby for a second. XD

OMG THE BUBBIES

awww 💙

可爱

@Kenderuss

my brain goes centipede? no its not evil milipede? nah its too small babbyyyyy

THEY'RE SO SWEET AND SMALL OMG

omggg I love woodlice but I've never seen their babies form before, they're sooo freaking cute 🥹

YOOOOO

so cute

oh my god. oh my god theyre so cute

Ew

Crazy

I love silly little spherical creatures