Can I have two centipedes in one habitat

[terribletrexx]

I live in Southern California and May be able to catch some desert centipedes. Can I have two in a terrarium.

 

[Owenmurray]

I wouldn't if I were you. There are some species that it can potentially work out with, but I wouldn't risk it with polymorpha

 

[RTTB]

Keep them separate.

 

[chanda]

You can put two centipedes in the same enclosure - but it is highly probable that you will end up with only one surviving centipede. Like with the movie Highlander (does anybody even remember Highlander?) "There can be only one!"

 

[NYAN]

Not likely.. unless your container is very large and they don’t run into eachother. I only know of one species of scolopendra which is communal and polymorpa isn’t it.

 

[terribletrexx]

Thanks a lot I wanted to know how many I could catch.

 

[NYAN]

Thanks a lot I wanted to know how many I could catch.

Where in socal are you, if you don’t mind me asking? They are pretty common depending on where you look. I found 2 today flipping rocks.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Don’t do it. There are a few centipedes you can keep together like Alipes multicostis and some others.

 

[LawnShrimp]

Don't keep polymorpha or heros together, both are highly cannibalistic.

Only a few species such as Rhysida longipes, Scolopendra mutilans, and Alipes multicostis are communal, and even then, cannibalism is entirely possible.

 

[Psydeus565]

Curious.... I find Scutigera coleoptrata together under things often, does anyone know it they would do fine in a communal setup?

 

[kermitdsk]

Curious.... I find Scutigera coleoptrata together under things often, does anyone know it they would do fine in a communal setup?

Yes in my opinion are Scutigeromorpha the only centipedes you can keep communal. Maybe Scolopendramorpha will kill each other not immideately but over time they will, also Alipes or Multilans!
But Scutigeromorpha I can tell you from Thereuopoda longicornis they do well communal.

 

[LawnShrimp]

I had a Scutigera eat two smaller ones I put in with it... they were all well fed. T. longicornis may be different in that regard; that's something I would love to see.

 

[kermitdsk]

I had a Scutigera eat two smaller ones I put in with it... they were all well fed. T. longicornis may be different in that regard; that's something I would love to see.

Interessting, maybe was the diffence in size to big? Or you had only males? 1.1 and 1.2 Thereuopoda longicornis in nearly same size was no problem for me and I know another keeper who did same without problems. I could see them mating, absolut fantastic.

 

[LawnShrimp]

Interessting, maybe was the diffence in size to big? Or you had only males? 1.1 and 1.2 Thereuopoda longicornis in nearly same size was no problem for me and I know another keeper who did same without problems. I could see them mating, absolut fantastic.

I didn't sex them but they were similar sized adults. They aren't found together in the wild (or in my basement!) unlike Thereuopoda which I think live in loose gatherings in the wild. I'd love to have a big cave-style setup with a pair of those... so pretty with the red and black. A shame that those aren't common in captivity.