Black & Yellow Spheric Pill Isopod (Cubaris sp.nigroflava)
- Regular price
- $49.99
- Sale price
Black & Yellow Pill Isopod (Cubaris sp. nigroflava) for sale. Cubaris nigroflava is a high-contrast black-and-yellow rolling isopod that looks like a tiny jewelled beetle when it curls up. It is a standout species for isopod collectors.
Sourced from Australian breeders and shipped live every Monday and Tuesday (excluding NT and Tasmania).
Black & Yellow Pill Isopod Care Guide for Beginners
- Experience level: Beginner to intermediate
- Adult size: About 1cm
- Lifespan: 2–3 years
- Enclosure: A ventilated tub around 30 x 20 x 15cm suits a starter colony. Our Isopod Culture Tubs and Isopod Enclosure Starter Kit are made for this.
- Temperature: 24–28°C.
- Humidity: High: keep most of the substrate moist with a drier patch, and ventilate well to avoid stagnant air.
- Lighting: No UVB needed. Normal room light for a natural day/night cycle is enough; keep out of direct sun.
- Substrate and décor: 5–8cm of our Springtail & Isopod Substrate Mix, topped with leaf litter, cork bark and rotting hardwood.
- Diet: Leaf litter and decaying hardwood as staples, plus small amounts of vegetables and a protein such as fish flakes. Keep cuttlebone in at all times for calcium.
- Handling: Safe to handle gently. Most keepers enjoy them as a display colony or as a clean-up crew in bioactive enclosures.
- Licence: No licence is needed for most invertebrates, but rules vary by state and species, so check before you buy if you are interstate.
Everything you need: Isopod Enclosure Starter Kit, Springtail & Isopod Substrate Mix, Virgin Portuguese Cork Bark, Springtail Cultures.
New to keeping? Read our free care guides or contact our team for advice before your animal arrives.
Supplies ship within 1 to 2 business days, depending on stock, and usually arrive 1 to 3 days after dispatch.
Live animals ship on Mondays and Tuesdays only, so they are never in transit over a weekend. Order by 11am Sunday to ship that week. Orders containing a live animal ship together on the next live dispatch day.
We hold live animal orders during very hot or very cold weather and ship them once conditions are safe. We’ll let you know if your order is held.
We ship Australia-wide. Live animals cannot be shipped to the Northern Territory or Tasmania.
Read our full [Shipping Policy].
Our Surry Hills store is small, so we keep in-store stock deliberately limited. Not everything online is on the shelf, so call us on (02) 7813 9640 before visiting for a specific item.
All reptiles and amphibians are sold online only, due to permit requirements.
Visit us at Shop 5, 450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Open Wednesday to Sunday.
Every live animal is checked before it leaves us and packed by an experienced keeper.
If your animal arrives dead, contact us within one hour of delivery with a photo, and we will send a replacement. You don’t pay shipping on the replacement. Photo helps us identify what caused death so we can help prevent it from happening again with your order, and others.
Someone needs to be home to receive the parcel. We can’t cover animals left at a depot, sent to an incorrect address, or reported more than an hour after delivery.
Reptiles and frogs: most states require a licence before you buy. After ordering, email your licence details to info@biotastudio.com.au or add them to your order notes. If we don’t have them, we’ll contact you by SMS or email before your order ships.
Insects, spiders and supplies: most don’t need a licence, but rules vary by state and species.
See our [Reptile & Frog Licensing Guide] for every state.
New to keeping reptiles, frogs or insects? Our free [Care Guides] cover housing, temperature, humidity and feeding for every species we sell. Need somewhere for your animal to live? Shop [Ready-made Enclosures] or have one [custom built]. Questions? [Contact us] and an experienced keeper will help.