-Really Tiny Isopod Alert-

I keep a few very small isopod species! these guys are Reductoniscus costulatus, the third smallest of my micro isopods. they’re bumpy and eat wood. the Elumoides I have are even smaller at adult size:

(Reductoniscus costulatus & Elumoides sp. “Miami”)

the largest costulatus is an adult, and the Elumoides is a real whopper of a female. they don’t get larger than that!

interestingly, I think the two families they belong to (Armadillidae, Eubelidae) convergently evolved the ability to roll into a ball for protection.