Jelly bean isopods, rubber ducky isopods, and other pill bugs people keep as pets
Jelly bean isopods, rubber ducky isopods, and other pill bugs people keep as pets Mark Frauenfelder 11:11 am Wed Sep 23, 2026 jelly bean isopods — Magdalena Teterdynko/shutterstock.com I watched this video on The Kid Should See This; it's a time-lapse of "jelly bean" isopods eating chunks of sweet potato. I've not heard of jelly bean isopods before, so I looked it up and learned that it's a rare color variety of pill bug that came from a single colony on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia and comes in a variety of colors: orange, gold, red, yellow, black, striped, and speckled. They are popular pets among isopod enthusiasts.
- ▪Jelly bean isopods, rubber ducky isopods, and other pill bugs people keep as pets Mark Frauenfelder 11:11 am Wed Sep 23, 2026 jelly bean isopods — Magdalena Teterdynko/shutterstock.com I watched this video on The Kid Should See This; it's a
- ▪I've not heard of jelly bean isopods before, so I looked it up and learned that it's a rare color variety of pill bug that came from a single colony on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia and comes in a variety of colors: orange, gold, red,
- ▪They are popular pets among isopod enthusiasts.
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Jelly bean isopods, rubber ducky isopods, and other pill bugs people keep as pets Mark Frauenfelder 11:11 am Wed Sep 23, 2026 jelly bean isopods — Magdalena Teterdynko/shutterstock.com I watched this video on The Kid Should See This; it's a time-lapse of "jelly bean" isopods eating chunks of sweet potato. I've not heard of jelly bean isopods before, so I looked it up and learned that it's a rare color variety of pill bug that came from a single colony on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia and comes in a variety of colors: orange, gold, red, yellow, black, striped, and speckled. They are popular pets among isopod enthusiasts. One of the most popular pet isopods is called the rubber ducky.
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