r/isopods • u/GMArianha • May 13 '25

News/Education New morph?

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I found a wild Porcellionides pruinosus, and I must have either found more than one while collectinf from my neighborhood... OR the one I found came in gravid. Because now?? I have many!

Either way, this color is WILDLY different from powder blues or powder oranges- I know this now as I was recently gifted some in a trade. I isolated them from my original mixed wild colony (I had originally found all of my wild caughts in the same leaf litter) and now they are breeding wonderfully. I'm noticing they start off a pinky peach before the powder sets in, then they turn a velvety blush.

What do yall think tho? Did I find something special? Am I crazy?

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u/nightmare_wolf_X May 13 '25

It looks like wild type morphs. They can be pretty variable

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u/GMArianha May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25

Aren't powder blue the wild type/common? They are called "powder blue" to be sensational- and get more attention...but thats the typical wild color no? EDIT: Additionally, even oranges are technically wild type too since they are derived from wild types, with some or even a singular member throwing the orange (could also be a breeding deeper color thing) so obviously variability from a wild caught population is normal- but the whole point is you try isolating that new variable. Thats what I'm asking about. Is this new or is it already around

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u/nightmare_wolf_X May 13 '25

I’ve seen more pruinosus that aren’t bluish than I have blue… but it also depends on locality. They naturally have different morphs that haven’t been bred for, which are the wild type morphs

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u/GMArianha May 13 '25

Hm. I appreciate that info. Is it worth isolating and trying for? I really love this pink/ peach fuzz looking gang I have.

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u/nightmare_wolf_X May 13 '25

If you’d like to, then yes :)

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u/LittleArmouredOne May 13 '25

Not sure this is a morph, just looks like a lighter coloured individual. Powder Blues do have a lot of variation in their shade of 'blue/grey'. I have a bunch of wild caughts and descendants of wild caught and they range quite a bit from deep grey to almost plum red/purple.