Anyone have info on Slug millipedes? (Petaserpes sp.)

[catboyeuthanasia]

I've been finding quite a few of these guys under logs in old-growth forests on my property (hornbeam, with scattered oaks and maples). One was in my native isopod culture and is still kicking after a month or two. I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with them. It was fine in my 18ish celcius room in a jar with native moss and wood chips, but if I need to switch out wood every week or keep them in my cellar, I guess that can work too.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

They eat mushrooms but not any you could buy at a store.

 

[catboyeuthanasia]

They eat mushrooms but not any you could buy at a store.

Darn, I could collect new logs for them every once in a while, but if they are so finicky, might as well leave them in the wild.

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Darn, I could collect new logs for them every once in a while, but if they are so finicky, might as well leave them in the wild.

Do they eat the wood fast or something? I tried keeping stone centipedes, but I can only get one to eat, so I let them free. They’re just too small.

 

[catboyeuthanasia]

Do they eat the wood fast or something? I tried keeping stone centipedes, but I can only get one to eat, so I let them free. They’re just too small.

To replenish the fungus I was just informed they eat. I mostly find them in rotting logs, so I assume their fungus is also found in those logs

 

[SpookySpooder]

You could culture the fungus, depending on the genus they tend to be easily propagated. Something as simple as chop up a bunch of rotting wood, spray with water, sprinkle the fungus and forget about it for a while.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Do they eat the wood fast or something? I tried keeping stone centipedes, but I can only get one to eat, so I let them free. They’re just too small.

stone centipedes eat almost anything including fruit and dead insect parts.

 

[i like reptiles]

To replenish the fungus I was just informed they eat. I mostly find them in rotting logs, so I assume their fungus is also found in those logs

You could prolly grow it, use sawdust for it to enacualate faster