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  1. Kookookachu

    Drowning sexing method question

    If you ever need to sex a centipede the best method is using a CO2 cartridge from one of those Soda Stream devices. The drowning method is much more traumatic for the animal and dangerous because water entering the spiracles can remain and cause damage from lack of oxygen. However, the CO2...
  2. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra galapagoensis care

    You should contact a member on here named Galapoheros if he is still active on Arachnoboards. He is the resident S. galapagoensis expert having successfully bred them, I believe more than once. When I had this species I used to feed them chicken liver. I got the idea from this photo I found...
  3. Kookookachu

    Stick Insects?

    Some of the folks on this site are hysterical. You really think the "Feds" have nothing better to do but come knocking on your door to confiscate a phasmid bug? There are currently over 11 million illegal aliens (the human type) living openly in the U.S and demanding amnesty. The government...
  4. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    Its very interesting how you all claim to know about this alleged Phasmid Ban and warn everyone about the consequences of noncompliance, yet, you’re all silent when it comes to other prohibitions. For example, are you aware that its a violation of federal law to mail arachnids via the U.S...
  5. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    In an attempt to once and for all resolve this issue and provide guidance to both myself and other hobbyists, I’ve contacted APHIS/USDA and asked, among other things, if the possession of non-indigenous captive born Phasmid species is in violation of any federal rules, regulations, or laws. The...
  6. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    As I've pointed out in prior posts, Phasmids are being sold on eBay and Amazon (for years) and now they're being sold on FaunaClassifieds. They're not being sold surreptitiously but openly. The USDA and USFW are well aware that Phasmids are being sold in the US. I know this personally. So...
  7. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    Assuming all that you wrote is correct, you’re point is what?
  8. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    I noticed on FaunaClassifieds that a dealer <edit> is selling Phasmid nymphs (Extatosoma tiaratum). I was wondering if anyone on here had heard if the USDA had changed its often cited alleged policy of banning possession of phasmid species in the USA?
  9. Kookookachu

    Identify this Centipede

    Can someone accurately identify this multicolored centipede for me.
  10. Kookookachu

    3 New Avicularia Species Discovered

    Brazilian taxonomists have discovered and described three new species of the "bird eating" tarantula genus Avicularia from Equador, Peru and Brazil. They were named: Avicularia merianae Avicularia lynnae Avicularia caei Click on link to read the article and see photos...
  11. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra gigantea 3" pedelings available 4/15/17

    What you're saying may be correct but until someone directs me to an actual regulation and cites the statute, code, etc. so that I can look it up and research it myself, I'm going by what an agent at USFGW told me. In sum, if the species is not restricted or banned for import into U.S., not for...
  12. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra gigantea 3" pedelings available 4/15/17

    I personally haven't seen any proof of a requirement that if one imports one or two arachnids or centipedes from another country they must jump thru all types of hoops in the form of government regulations. In fact, when this came up for me years ago, I contacted USFGW and was told that the regs...
  13. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra gigantea 3" pedelings available 4/15/17

    I just learned from Thorston Trapp of www.scolopender.de that 3" Scolopendra gigantea (white leg) pedelings will be available for sale after April 15, 2017. He hasn't indicated the price yet but his prices for adult Scolopendra species are very reasonable. Currently he has adult S...
  14. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    I know about the USDA restrictions, however, that may not apply to the eggs (which can be sent via regular mail in a small letter-size envelope). Assuming it doesn't apply, my question is simply has anyone on here bought eggs online and they turned out to be duds (they never hatched)?
  15. Kookookachu

    Phasmid Eggs Sold Online

    If one enters the term "stick insect eggs" into the search query on eBay numerous listings by UK breeders come up. While the feedback ratings for these breeders are good, the time to post negative ratings usually expires prior to the buyer finding out whether the eggs purchased were duds - due...
  16. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani 'Cherry Red'

    No, I saw it on the site mentioned previously and the dealer won't sell it
  17. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani 'Cherry Red'

    I've never heard the name "mint legs" before. Is that the same as the Chinese "green leg" pictured here?
  18. Kookookachu

    Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani 'Cherry Red'

    This photo of the Taiwanese "High Red" is from Thorston Trapp's site scolopender.de
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