![I had no clue that aquatic isopods (asellus aquaticus) got so big! I've had these guys in my pond for almost a year now and all of them were barely half an I had no clue that aquatic isopods (asellus aquaticus) got so big! I've had these guys in my pond for almost a year now and all of them were barely half an](https://preview.redd.it/70rxaz4wxjc81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1193531ab442be5ab1f9affa6bae0a64a01d7dd5)
I had no clue that aquatic isopods (asellus aquaticus) got so big! I've had these guys in my pond for almost a year now and all of them were barely half an
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![Not many people seem to own or even know these exist so I felt like posting this. This is one of my freshwater isopods (Caecidotea sp.) and honestly I think more people Not many people seem to own or even know these exist so I felt like posting this. This is one of my freshwater isopods (Caecidotea sp.) and honestly I think more people](https://preview.redd.it/nhpt4eqbbxx61.png?auto=webp&s=e65cb119f2da43bd2b7d2742cfff924c8c8b08dc)
Not many people seem to own or even know these exist so I felt like posting this. This is one of my freshwater isopods (Caecidotea sp.) and honestly I think more people
![Frontiers | Building on 150 Years of Knowledge: The Freshwater Isopod Asellus aquaticus as an Integrative Eco-Evolutionary Model System Frontiers | Building on 150 Years of Knowledge: The Freshwater Isopod Asellus aquaticus as an Integrative Eco-Evolutionary Model System](https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/748212/fevo-09-748212-HTML-r1/image_m/fevo-09-748212-i001.jpg)