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Aka's Pixel Pods
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🪲 Isopods & Digital Art 👾
By @akatix.ca
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Another pod terrarium growing it's own food lol

This one houses a couple Zebra Armadillidiums and the carrot may have been a little too big for them to finish off before it started to grow out lol

New snacks I guess!
A small terrarium with a zebra isopod grows its own carrot! A Zebra armadillidium isopod munches on some egg shell and isopod food.
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Another from my doodle series! My favourite bigs, Golden spots

my husband suggested he have a couple little gold nuggets with him lol

#ArmadillidiumGestroi #isopods #doodle #akatix
A doodle of a golden spot isopod!
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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"Moo"

Dairy cows are growing on me so much! And whats a little cow without a tinier cowbell?

#Dairycow #Isopod #doodle #akatix
a little doodle of a Dairy cow isopod with a little cow bell :)
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Been doodling isopods a lot to try and nail down a style for them and they're so cute lol

A little Panda king~

#PandaKing #isopod #doodle #akatix
A little doodle of a Panda King isopod
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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There's a good reason one of their names is Potato Bugs lol

Even the full plant is a favourite treat!

#PotatoBugs #Pillbugs #isopods
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Between veggies and other snacks, powdered food is always a hit with both the isopods and springtails~

#ArmadillidiumGestroi #isopods #springtails
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Stacks on stacks on stacks 👏🏻

Setting them up is fun for me lol labels, printing and installing the vents, adding substrates, bark, rocks and mosses

All set up above our Gecko terrariums for some handy temp control 👌🏻

#Isopodbins #isopodcollection
4 bins with 3D printed ventilation ports are stacked. Labels from the top; Dairy Cows, Orange & Wild Type Laevis, White Zebra, and Golden Spots. 4 clear plastic bins are stacked with 3D printed ventilation ports. Labels from the top; All-Blue Pandas, Warm tone pandas, light morph pandas, then Panda Kings on the bottom. 4 clear plastic bins are stacked with 3D printed ventilation ports. Labels from the top; Darkling beetles (not isopods, but chill the same way lol), Powder orange, powder blue, and oreo crumbles.
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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How to find Pandas in your decorated terrarium?

🥒 Zucchini 🥒

#Isopod #cubaris #pandaking
A variety of Panda Kings (cubaris sp) huddle around a zucchini stem happily eating away! There are large adults, mid sized younger pandas, and some little juveniles.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Those compound eyes are really something else

Some more closeups playing with camera pieces! This time, a very cooperative Panda King 🐼💕

#Isopods #compoundeyes #macro
Panda King (cubaris sp) isopod is shown super zoomed in, particularly so you can see the makeup of their compound eye structures. Panda King (cubaris sp) isopod is shown super zoomed in, particularly so you can see the makeup of their compound eye structures.
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A couple more close-ups of an armadillidium gestroi.

My father-in-law lent me his macro-tube lens to try before I bought one and it was interesting to try and get some neat isopod photos!

Such incredible detail on every isopod <3

#Isopods #Gestroi #macro
A macro close up of an armadillidium gestrio, Golden Spot isopod. A macro close up of an armadillidium gestrio, Golden Spot isopod.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Sometimes it's easy to forget these crustaceans traded the ocean floor, for the forest

Their exoskeleton still looks the part if you look close enough 🦀🦞

#isopod #crustacean #deepseacreatures
A styled photo closeup of an armadillidium isopod, showing the hard shell-like exoskeleton structure
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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PODS PODS PODS PODS PODS PODS PSOD SPSDOSD PPODS DSODSDPODS DOPSD

( i promise real merch things are coming but I took this photo and this had to happen, I don't make the rules)
ISOPODS! HYPE FOR THE LOVE OF ISOPODS!
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Itty bitty, teenie weenie, little tiny baby~

Big adult for scale~ (dad ? lol)

#isopod
A teeny tiny little baby isopod is sitting on a piece of bark. So tiny, nearly translucent they're so new A large male Golden spot isopod (armadillidium gestroi) stands next to a tiny little baby isopod
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Every time I think I've separated out all my isopods, a Panda king appears 😂

Since they were some of the first ones we started with for our Gecko clean up crew, they've sort of made their way through everything.
A Panda King isopod (cubaris sp) and Golden Spot isopod (armadillidium gestroi) hang out together on a piece of bark. They cannot interbreed and enjoy different levels of substrate, so they're happy to share a tank. As much as I try to separate them all out lol A Panda King isopod (cubaris sp) and Golden Spot isopod (armadillidium gestroi) hang out together on a piece of bark. They cannot interbreed and enjoy different levels of substrate, so they're happy to share a tank. As much as I try to separate them all out lol
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Our Golden Spots looove zucchini <3

Nowadays I think I buy it more for them than I do myself lol
A large golden spot isopod, armadillidium gestroi and a bundle of juveniles eat away at the top of a zucchini. They've eaten away most of the outer skin and have been happily feasting away on the rest of it. Those are some happy isopods!
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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🐄 Dairy Cows 🐄

I got into isopods after the dairy cow hype, but now having had them a while - I totally get it

These funky little moos have such big personalities! I love all their different cow spots

#Isopods #DairyCows #Laevis
Two dairy cow isopods (Porcellio laevis) huddle together comfortably. They're mostly white with little cow spots, thus their name! They are a little chunky and relatively large compared to other isopods. A single dairy cow isopod, Porcellio laevis, snuffles around on a rock. Covered in powdered isopod food! He's looking for the perfect piece to bite. Two dairy cow isopods (Porcellio laevis) huddle together comfortably. They're mostly white with little cow spots, thus their name! They are a little chunky and relatively large compared to other isopods. A Porcellio laevis, dairy cow isopod, sits in a piece of egg carton, having just woken up from their hidey spot. They wiggle their little antennae curiously at the photographer, me lol. This one has the regular cow spots over their back, but also a cute little extra spots around their face - giving them some cheek spots!
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Sometimes you have to zoom aaaalllll the way in to tell if you're seeing baby cubaris... or chubby springtails.

I'm safely calling these super fresh babies 😂

#isopods #cubaris #babyisopods
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Just when I was thinking I should find some good drawing refs, this perfect Panda decided to take matters into their own little pereopods and give me some amazing lil poses. 🙏🏻

I am so excited to polish up some sketches!

#Isopod #cubaris #pandaking #drawingref #macro
A Panda King isopod (cubaris sp) sits on a piece of bark, perfectly showing off their cute little face and form.
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Excuse me, who gave you permission to be this cute??

Found this panda hanging out in our gargoyle terrarium and they're so pretty! Is this the start to glaciers maybe?? 👀🐻‍❄️

If I can find them again of course...

#Isopods #PandaKing #Cubaris
A cubaris sp (panda king) isopod sits on a piece of wood. They're nearly all white, just a little darker on their "panda" stripes.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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A couple more closeup shots from the previous series! Panda's are so photogenic 😍

That sweet little chubby face~

#Isopods #PandaKing #Cubaris
A macro zoomed photo of a cubaris sp. Panda King isopod on a piece of bark. They're incredibly cute and adorable, perfectly rounded and curious.
October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Lil panda pod~

They really do make convincing pebbles

#isopods #cubaris #pandaking
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Some kiddos were on sale while we were picking up gecko food - so of course couldn't leave without them

Armadillidium maculatum, Zebra isopods! 😊

Just a small starter, but if they're anything like golden spots im sure theyll boom quick!

#zebraisopods #isopods
Closeup of a Zebra isopod! Another closeup of a zebra isopod
October 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Two of my favs 💖

Hard to go wrong with Panda Kings and Golden Spots.

#Isopods #pandaking #cubaris #armadillidium #goldenspot
A small family of Cubaris sp (Panda King) isopods huddle on a log next to an armadillidium gestroi (golden spot) isopod. This is a very close up macro photo of the tiny creatures, showing their adorable little faces and even a small baby panda!
October 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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✨ Gathering Log✨

This is in an old pic, but this chunk of aquarium wood is still a high fav for my golden spots to climb and gather on. Every so often I move it around or switch it up & they all clamour around to explore it like it's brand new again.

#isopods #armadillidium
Several armadillidium gestroi isopods (Golden Spots) gather on a piece of driftwood. Several armadillidium gestroi isopods (Golden Spots) gather on a piece of driftwood.
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Something about Armadillidium has always felt a little like a bison to me 🦬
Just a big gentle guy, mostly thinking of the next thing to much - but occasionally has some adventure zoomies.

Much more polite to springtails at least ♡

#isopods #armadillidium
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM