Venezillo Isopods For Sale

Venezillo parvus is one of the smallest rolling isopods in the hobby: adults are only 4 to 6 mm long, quick on their feet, and able to roll into a ball like their bigger relatives. I currently keep the standard Venezillo parvus and its Dalmatian morph, both posted Monday to Thursday with the live arrival guarantee and a 20% overcount.

They are small, prolific and easy to keep, and their size suits small vivariums and planted terrariums as a cleanup crew.

What they are

Venezillo parvus belongs to the tropical pill woodlouse family Armadillidae. It turns up across the tropics and subtropics worldwide, and in Europe only in heated glasshouses, which tells you what it wants: warmth and damp. Males reach 4 to 5 mm and females up to 6 mm.

Care

Keep them at around 21 to 26°C. A heated home sits a little under that from autumn to spring, which they tolerate, though they breed better with some additional heat on a thermostat through those months. Give the tub a damp end and a drier end, plenty of leaf litter and a calcium source, and because they are so small, check that the vents and lid gaps are fine enough to hold them. My Venezillo parvus care guide covers both lines in full.

For another small cleanup isopod, see the Dwarf White, and pair any colony with springtails.