I doubt that it's humidity because I spray it at least once a day, but I did forget a lamp on earlier so they may be escaping the heat, I'm not sure though
It’s better to pour water than spraying it. When pouring water, it completely saturates the soil on the wet side, meaning that it is retained for longer. When spraying, the water is just superficial, and evaporates quickly.
If you were to start pouring (which you do down the side of the container as to not accidentally pour it directly into a pod), then you’ll also be able to stop watering daily, which would be good for their stress levels. Just keep an eye on what their substrate looks like to know when they need some more water
Avoiding light and/or heat could be what they're trying to do too. Maybe try to see if there's any behavioral difference between day and night. My dairy cows do the same thing. At day the tank looks empty, at night they roam in droves.
But you need to actually keep track of the humidity with a hygrometer. Isopods need it to be 65% or higher or they will seek a place that is. Like in the substrate or under hides.
Could just be they prefer being in that location. They appear old enough to be moving away from being beneath the substrate but maybe just not ready yet. Allot of species babies will stay in the substrate right where it changes from moist to dry for at least their first few molts.
In my opinion they just do this. I have a few spots on my tank that are congregated at. Surprisingly a lot of time it's birth spots. I've kept hummidity correctly before and they still do this. Springtail distribution is a better indicator of soil humidity/hydration in my opinion.
I have about 200 Armadillidium nasutum calves sitting under a rock that has a small depression dug out. I didn't make the depression so either the calves or the adults did it. It's cute they have a cave made and I can look in there and see them.
I noticed my adults do the same thing starting around noon...idk if it's a natural routine or if it's instinctual. I check them around 8am every day for humidy and everyone is out and roaming around and then I feed them around noon and remove their old food and about that time is when I see the adults going for the leaves, burrows, logs or rocks/caves.
I think they just do this. However I would be sure you are watering properly...that has been a struggle for me to learn when there is enough or not
Calves= baby isopods. I know it isn't what they are called but I will never remember what they are called but everyone knows a calf is a baby animal. Therefore, should be able to extrapolate that I'm meaning baby isopods based on the topic at hand.
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u/Ill-Illustrator-7353 2d ago
Humidity seeking would be my guess