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Magic Potion Isopod (Armadillidium vulgare)
Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'
The Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'. It is perhaps the most famous and commercialized European isopod mutation in the world. Derived from the common gray garden woodlouse, the 'Magic Potion' is an animal (0.6-0.7 inches) affected by partial leucism: it has a thick, smooth and perfectly rolling blinding translucent white armor, dotted with chaotic spots of ink black and bright sun yellow. Robust, extremely prolific and a lover of temperate-dry heat, it is the ideal bioactive jewel for novices.
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Isopoda
Family:Armadillidiidae
Genus:Armadillidium
Species:Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'
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Environment
Terrestrial
Humidity
50 - 70 %
Day temperature
21 - 26 °C
Night temperature
18 - 22 °C
UVB
None
Species description
Geographic Origin and Habitat: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about geographic origin and habitat for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Taxonomy and Genetics: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about taxonomy and genetics for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Behaviour and Habits: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about behaviour and habits for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Morphology and Sexual Dimorphism: No additional source-verified editorial notes are available about morphology and sexual dimorphism for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion'. Consult this record's parameters and sources.
Care, breeding and tankmates
Terrarium Setup: Guidance about terrarium setup for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Lighting and Heating: Guidance about lighting and heating for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Humidity and Hydration: Guidance about humidity and hydration for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Feeding and Supplementation: Guidance about feeding and supplementation for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Compatibility and Coexistence: Guidance about compatibility and coexistence for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Health and Common Diseases: Guidance about health and common diseases for Armadillidium vulgare 'Magic Potion' must rely exclusively on the parameters and sources listed on this record.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
This species originates from: Europa (Mutazione genetica di specie cosmopolita giapponese/americana).
Origin
Selective breeding and cultivarsCentral America and CaribbeanNorth AmericaEurope, Mediterranean, and West AsiaEast AsiaCosmopolitan or introduced
Terrestrial invertebrate profile
- Diet
- No verified data available
- Life expectancy
- No verified data available
- Adult size
- 1.8 cm
- Lifestyle/Microhabitat
- No verified data available
- Activity cycle
- No verified data available
- Sociality
- No verified data available
- Reproduction
- No verified data available
- Venom level
- No verified data available
- Handling tolerance
- No verified data available
- Brumation
- No verified data available
- Molting
- No verified data available
The catalog's scalar value is 1.8 cm. The British Myriapod and Isopod Group — Armadillidium vulgare source reports a maximum adult measurement of 1.8 cm for this species, recorded as body length. The biological datum refers to the base species Armadillidium vulgare, not exclusively to the commercial variety. These figures are not interchangeable: the first is the profile's editorial reference, whereas the second is a published maximum under a specific measurement convention; differences among sources can reflect sex, population, life stage and measuring method.
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