Rhysandfish
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I really like centipedes and i were wondering if there were any suitable to a new T or invert keeper. I love the classic centipede look with the yellow legs and "spooky face".
Its perfect. Its the classic centipede look and i dig that. How potent is their venom and are they sonic speed?I would recommend a Scolopendra polymorpha.
wow thats a big cage! How large of a specimen would be in there?Not potent at all, I've heard like a bee sting. They are moderately fast. I always advise go tall with centipede enclosures, taller than the tbl of the centipede. Tall gallon or so plastic screw top jars are what I use. Not pretty but practical. Small nail holes in lid and you are good to go. Centipedes are great escape artists.
what is the minimum enclosure size for them?Oh they get maybe 6 " max. You want to have several inches of substrate as well. They burrow.
awesome. I got a pair of .3 gallon kritter keepers and theyre just a little bigger than 32 oz.You can keep them in 32oz ventilated deli cups.
thanks a lot! Now i can plot my centipede invasion.Perfect.
very pretty centipede and i will definitely be looking into it.Personally I'd say there is no 'Starter Centipede' but on the other hand the calmest species I work with and have ever work with and own a number of Specimens in this genus is Ethmostigmus sp. I can highly suggest Ethmostigmus sp. 'Orange Legs' in this genus as the calmest. Hope I could help at all.
It's not the venom (somewhat mild, in the case of S.polymorpha. Hurts, but mild) and the speed part is a bit exaggerated (my female S.subspinipes is fast when she wants, but not even near the speed level always depicted) but the 'pedes ability to escape, no matter the 'pede in question, so do your best for offer a no escape enclosure.Its perfect. Its the classic centipede look and i dig that. How potent is their venom and are they sonic speed?
Agreed that it isn't potent but the one centipede bite that I have sustained, that wasn't a dry bite, was from a Madrean S. polymorpha. It was a little bit more than a bee sting but it was also accompanied by some intense itching and very, very mild bone pain and the area of effect was larger than a typical bee sting (about half my hand) no notable swelling. The pain came in waves (classic centipede symptom in the bite report forum), just about the time I thought it was gone for good the pain would come back (although mild). The whole experience lasted about two hours. The pain was mild the itching was the most annoying part. It did itch a little the next morning from time to time. This is the one species that I handle on a regular basis just to practice for the times when I have no choice but to handle larger species (for example field collecting). Of course this advice is going to come with the usual warning: Don't handle any centipede unless you really need to do it. In this case I just needed more practice to wild catch S. heros. My actual quote when the S. polymorphs venom was at its peak was, "This isn't that bad, but they are definitely venomous." Not once have any of my S. polymorpha ever attempted to bite me in captivity, only when I am grabbing them in the wild.Not potent at all, I've heard like a bee sting.