recommendation for active millipedes?

[rachmills]

hey there im looking to expand my milli collection and was wondering what species other than ivory are quite surface active i love watching them do their thing

 

[Aquarimax]

Adult Spirostreptus sp. #1 are pretty surface active. The pedelings less so.
Adult flamelegs, in my experience, are the same way.

 

[rachmills]

thank you for the reply im gonna look into finding them i live in uk so its a lil difficult to find breeders but not impossible

 

[Catherine31]

My Scarlets are quite surface active.

 

[Arthroverts]

Spirostreptus sp. "1" and Orthoporus sp. are pretty surface active from what I've seen. Anadenobolus monilicornis can be pretty active too.

@Aquarimax, do you still have Flamelegs?

Hope this helps,

Arthroverts

 

[rachmills]

hi arthroverts i like the look of the Orthoporus sp do you know their common name at all?

 

[Arthroverts]

@rachmills, there are many common names for Orthoporus sp. Texas Brown Millipede, Texas Gold Millipede, Gold Desert Millipede, Giant Desert Millipede, Desert Millipede, Sonoran Desert Millipede; if it has desert, gold, or brown in the common name, it's often Orthoporus sp., ha ha.

Hope this helps,

Arthroverts

 

[rachmills]

apart from the gold desert millipede i guess that needs more 'desert' conditions are there any of these that could cohabitate with the ivories as im moving the ivories to a large 50L tub

 

[Arthroverts]

They just like it a tad dryer on the surface than other millipedes. Otherwise standard millipede care works fine.

Thanks,

Arthroverts