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  1. Lithobius

    New keeper, experienced entomologist. Looking for some advice

    Actually you should be able to find some Xystodesmids in the wild since your profile says you're from Kentucky. Example: https://bugguide.net/node/view/782904 When I find Polydesmids in the wild its usually by peeling back the bark of rotting logs. I've found them alongside ant colonies under...
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    P. Irminia death?

    Mine just molted to maturity after about a year. I found her to be voracious, fast growing, and hardy. I always set her up with a slanted piece of bark and she'd make an elaborate webby home behind it. Plenty of ventilation and a small water dish, and she almost never refused food. She'd eat one...
  3. Lithobius

    Slings over juvies & adults

    I pretty much only buy slings now. I'd much rather have them for longer and slings are so cheap compared to adults... With adults too you don't really know how old they are either so even getting a female means she might not live as long as you'd like.
  4. Lithobius

    Comment by 'Lithobius' in media 'Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid'

    Yes, I have a few growing babies isolated in a small plastic dish between two moist cotton rounds so I can check on them every day and they won't go anywhere :) Hopefully more pics to come as they get bigger
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    Comment by 'Lithobius' in media 'Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid'

    @mickiem I don't think so. My millipede book uses it for the period between hatching and stadium (molt) 1. I think its more analagous to a larvae?
  6. Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid / stadium 1?

    Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid / stadium 1?

    This is the same embryo from : http://arachnoboards.com/gallery/trigoniulus-corallinus-pupoid.52640/ 48 hours later the limb buds have become limbs, the mouth is opening and closing, the dimple for the anus now has its own tergite, and even the collum is visible!
  7. Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid

    Trigoniulus corallinus pupoid

    After I caught my Scarlet millipedes mating, I separated the female and found a handful of eggs to monitor. This is the pupoid stage, where antennal buds and limb buds are visible, as well as indentions for the mouth and anus.
  8. Lithobius

    My Petco Sells Emperor Scorpions? What? Please Read

    I wonder if the "Asian Forest Scorpions" at PetSmart are emperors with this sudden boom of ACTUAL emperors. It might be worth checking next time I'm there.
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    ...is this a spermatophore...? (Phrynus)

    Yeah, there were originally 5 in the enclosure but I lost 2. So now there are 3, and they all have their own hiding spots. They share the enclosure with some millipedes as well and the two groups don't seem to pay much attention to each other.
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    ...is this a spermatophore...? (Phrynus)

    So after the first pregnant female died unexpectedly, I have two VERY pregnant females. You can see the eggs inside growing and developing. Now that we're finally at this stage, should I separate the pregnant ones into their own enclosures or let them be in the main enclosure? I've never gotten...
  11. Tliltocatl albopilosum

    Review by 'Lithobius' on item 'Tliltocatl albopilosum'

    Fairly mild bite overall from a usually mild spider. I've been careful to move the water dish with forceps since.
  12. Lithobius

    MA Flat Millipedes

    There are but they're usually pretty tiny, or at least the ones I've found are.
  13. Lithobius

    My amblypygi starting to grow!

    These are great! :D I've found I really like my Phrynus, even more than the Damon I used to have.
  14. Lithobius

    Australian Tiger (Ethmostigmus rubripes) Centipede

    Those eggs!!!!!!! :O
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    Pleading Pede Ignorance

    Good point, I always forget about them haha. Does anyone know if they live in burrows or just in cracks/crevices?
  16. Lithobius

    Curly hair question

    !!! woah I think this means my little Dig is the Nicaraguan form. I got really lucky with her. In this case I got mine as a 'rescue' and he didn't know much about what had, so I'm not sure that you could tell unless you got it from a breeder / at an expo etc that had them marked or knew.
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    Pleading Pede Ignorance

    Well, by definition all pedes are fossorial, meaning they're evolutionarily adapted for burrowing. Whether any given pede chooses to seems pretty individual. I have two polymorphas that rarely burrow and instead curl up along the side of the cage, my dehanni only burrowed as much as it needed...
  18. Lithobius

    How many is too many?

    As long as you can take care of them all... But either way I have my own workspace and that's where I keep them so for my guy it's out of sight, out of mind and he doesn't think much about how many are in there. So you might want to consider having some of them not-in-the-bedroom if you want to...
  19. Lithobius

    C. Cyaneopubescens Enclosure for 1.5" Sling

    So cool! Those OXO style containers work really well.
  20. Lithobius

    Will this work for a sling enclosure?

    I've noticed my slings generally like taller over wider containers so they can make a nice burrow, but it looks deep enough it should be fine after you put a few more holes in. A built in magnifying glass sounds cool...
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