This post is a bit of a psa for my isopod (and springtail!) hobbyist/keeper followers, especially those who are just starting: I would avoid this seller. Microterra labs:
I found them when I was searching for images of orange scabers, and one of theirs caught my eye as a morph I had never seen before:
But, I thought it didn’t really look like a scaber, closer to a laevis. Then as I was inspecting further I couldn’t shake that something was weird about it, so I looked at the rest of the website.
Sure enough: All of the images on their listings are ai-generated. Some are very convincing, and could be easy to miss if you’re not an expert or don’t make a hobby of looking at isopods all the time like I do (lol).
I’m not sure if they actually sell live bugs or not, or if anything arrives when you purchase. I can find no reviews of the business and no real images of their product, so I would definitely avoid this site if I was looking to purchase isopods.
