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Good for them for attempting to redeem themselves after what they did to my potatoes. But I’ll never forgive them.
They may have fooled you with their cute little rolls and their ability to mitigate human pollution, but I see them.
Wait where do the heavy metals go after they die? Or do they just bind them in some more stable chemical form?
There might be some immobilization, but it would be relatively short lived, depending on the C:N ratio of the isopods ( I can’t believe I just typed that) and where the metals are stored in the isopods (again). If it’s in the chitin, release times would be slower.
Either way, it would ultimately return to the soil. Some organically bound metal (e.g., in soil organic matter) are labile and might leach out over time but the bulk of it would be stable, I imagine.
Rolie-polies!!!
I keep a bin of dirt in my living room that has a thriving potato bug colony. They get fed veggie scraps periodically. One of my favorite animals
