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You never stated that the thread was meant to be strictly informative. I like laeta myself, but no one else's opinion really matters to me, so it doesn't matter that everyone else wants them. Also you would think it's obvious that those were my opinions and I wasn't trying to speak for the masses.

I said they were ugly. That's a pretty subjective term so I'm not sure how I was stating it like a fact. People are free to disagree, it doesn't make me sad that they do. Not sure why it's great for people to give compliments but wrong for people to state their dislikes. It's not like I was...

I never said I had better lol. I simply stated an opinion; which is that Ethmostigmus are pretty ugly.

It's just a way to describe physical appearance. Not sure why that's an issue. Also, I've had turd brown subspinipes from rare locatlities and a pede very similar to the Malaysian Jewel in looks as well but it doesn't mean I think they're special.

Sorry, I take the brown part back. There's brown pedes that look better, like the Aruba or Venezuala gigantea.

I dunno, they just look like a brown Ethmostigmus to me, which have the tumor-looking spiracles and foreskin first tergite over the head plate.

Ethmostigmus are ugly as heck though.

Still supporting illegal trade since no WC can come out of Australia.

Not sure how you're getting any inverts imported from Australia legally, but Aussie pedes aren't too impressive. Like CHLee said there's much larger colorful Rhysida readily available, but for some reason no one pays attention.

There's no name for it and it pretty much isn't in the hobby at all.

He got them from someone else I believe he said.

You just said yourself that many other centipedes will hide in and are comfortable in water. I've had mutilans hide in water and catch fish from cups of water, but mutilans aren't aquatic. The Philippino who collects and sells them never called them aquatic or mentioned them being aquatic when...

They're being exported from Indonesia. Anyone in the US who has them got them illegally, or from someone who got them illegally.

Not angry, just curious as to why how you were so sure they aren't subspinipes. They're an extremely diverse species that is very adaptable, and as of now a large variety of Asian pedes are considered subspinipes.

Or maybe they're subspinipes, which are found all around the world along the equator. Not sure why you're so adamant about this when you have no idea what a ringfurrow looks like.

Why can't they breed aboard a ship? You'll find Asian plants on all of those islands. It's not at all inconceivable that there were many stowaways in potted plants. Like CHLee said, go to Asia and you'll find them everywhere.

So what you're saying is that even though they key out as subspinipes in every way, they definitely can't be subspinipes because you can't understand how a species can be so widely distributed.

And brown rats aren't naturally found everywhere, but guess what? Singapore's waters are filled with Cichla. It's almost as if you can find species in an area they're not native to.

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I'd rather speculate off the web. People believe anything these days and it's difficult to keep inaccurate information contained.