I'm A Mother! Well, she is...

[AbraxasComplex]

My Scolopendra subspinipes de haani just laid eggs. She was in a 120gallon with 2 others for 3 months. I always found them piling on one another (just look up centipede experiment), until one morning I came in... well she was the only one left. So they tolerate each other until females are fertile and ready to lay. I put her in a small tank and in a short while I got this :

 

[Dillon]

Good job man.

 

[AbraxasComplex]

Thanks... it's sad that I lost the other two (what I believe were males). But atleast I got a successful breeding.

 

[TheForSaken]

How long has this female been in your care for?
Congrats
TFS

 

[AbraxasComplex]

I'd say about 4 -5 months.

 

[jukahman]

Nice...congrats...

 

[AlexG]

Nice, but by disturbing her like you did, you might compromise the whole thing...

you gotta leave her alone about 2 months!

good luck!

Alex

 

[cacoseraph]

Nice, but by disturbing her like you did, you might compromise the whole thing...

you gotta leave her alone about 2 months!

good luck!

Alex

i don't know about all that. i have done quite silly things to centipedes on eggs and with young and had no problems

of course... they have eaten eggs for no readily apparent reason either, so...

 

[bistrobob85]

Good job . It's true that mothers can be disturbed a bit and still tolerate it. I've transported a centipede on eggs in a cooler for half a day before and she didnt move a bit from her eggs . Good luck with her!!!!

phil.

 

[AlexG]

I did disturbed females on eggs too, but you gotta use your judgment to dont go off the limits :5: , I had more success than females eating their eggs, but still wanna be carefull

alex

 

[mindlessvw]

congrats man! it is always exciting to find eggs...be careful bothering them...but i too have seen them eaten for no reason as well as eating them with heavy provocation...good luck!

 

[AbraxasComplex]

Yah I've only disturbed her twice. Once when I found the eggs... the second to snap the photo. I've left her be since. I tend to have more success with all my animals when I leave them be and forget about them until gestation/incubation is over. Disturbing them always leads to stress.

 

[Selenops]

Bravo and good luck!