Whatever you call them.
I just think they're neat.
And I may be digesting lots of youtube videos about them right now.
Has to wait because I may hopefully be moving between states, and like adopting a new pet that seems like a bad time to be newly caring for living creatures that may get overly stressed from too much changing at once.
I want a bio active terrarium with isopods, springtails, and maybe a few earth worms? Not sure much anything else? Have seen some terrarium builds with some snails too. Trick is my budget is super low because disability, so I'll want to learn how to responsibly collect most of the terrarium elements outside, which there's lots of info out there on. Figure that'll also mean if something happens in my life where I can't keep it anymore (the life of a disabled queer person is just too volatile to ever be truly sure of long term stability) that letting the critters back into the same environment they came from won't be as harmful. Vs., what do you even do if you have some exotic isopod and are no longer able to keep them? Invasive species are bad.
But, yeah. Muchly new goal. With many steps. Seems collecting and letting the springtails and isopods breed a bit (catching springtails seems tricky so may only get a few to start, and wild isopods may have parasites and viruses that need to be watched for for a bit) before even starting on a terrarium build with plants. Will be really nice to have a project + something I can just sit and watch in the long term that needs a little occasional maintenance I need to be responsible for.
