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  • Rather small compared to the deep sea ones you are probably thinking of. They’re terrestrial so many people will call them rolly polys or something like that.

    The largest species I currently have are Porcellio hoffmannseggi, as far as I know the largest terrestrial ones and they get to about 5 cm total length and maybe 3 cm body length.
    I once tried to breed amphibious Ligia oceanica ones that I collected, commonly referred to as sea slaters. They were a bit bigger in terms of body length but needed saltwater and also didn’t fare well with room temperature I am afraid.

    However the P. hofmannseggi are fairly easy to keep and inexpensive. They just need a small container with a bit of soil, leaf litter and some dead or rotting hardwood to hide under, I spray them about once per week. It’s a great hobby.

    There are also small freshwater species that can be kept in aquarium but they are not sold anywhere and you can usually collect them yourself.




    1. I didn’t. I meant it, to use another terminology, as ancestral/derived traits. Maybe you get that.

    2. I didn’t, also you can’t prove absence of something as you should know.

    3. Do you actually believe ants have closely similar cognitive abilities to humans? Where does this idea come from? At the beginning of the century entomology textbooks actually featured flowcharts to predict insect behaviour. We found out that there is more individuality and adaptability but it’s still not comparable to animals with more complex brains.

    You have provided effectively 0 evidence to prove anything as wild as ants forming some elaborate society that would be even nearly as complex as that of humans. Show me this research that you speak of or maybe try to lay off the pop-sci a little.