Scarlet Millipeds

[jreidsma]

Hi,

These are Trigoniulus corallinus right?

Bought ten of them for $20 at the Taylor michigan reptile show. Set them up a little container and hopefully will get some babies and a colony started.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Sweet deal. Anybody know how easy it is to breed these? I have been thinking about buying 10.

 

[satchellwk]

The pedes look great and you got a really good deal on them (I suppose that can make up for your container issue).

Crackerpants, they're fairly simple to breed. I got about 6 last year from Peter, and, even though they've all died by now, they left me a bunch of babies without any real effort on my part. I guess they were all wild-caught adults that probably didn't have much left in them anyway.

 

[shebeen]

Nice looking Scarlets. They breed readily in captivity. I purchased 5 adults in May. I observed them mating in July, and in October, I spotted my first pling pictured below.

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jreidsma, you don't need a water dish for your millipedes. Proper moisture in the substrate and regular misting is all they require.

 

[jreidsma]

Ahh alright, I guess I will be taking the water dishes out then. It's just a habit to put water dishes in with everything by now lol.

I did get pretty good deals on most of the stuff, I think everything was wild caught though. But if I get babies from them it doesn't matter

Here is their tank now

 

[Cavedweller]

Ooh they have a nice color. How big are they?

You might wanna add a couple more inches of leaf litter. I've heard deeper substrate can encourage breeding.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Thanks for all the info. Don't they max out at about 3 inches?

 

[jreidsma]

Ya three inches is about the max for these.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

Ya three inches is about the max for these.

Thanks. Do the Bumblebee Millipedes (Anadenobolus monilicornis) reproduce as well?

 

[jreidsma]

I am new to millipedes, so I cannot answer you question from experience. But my friend (Roach Crossing/Kyle) breeds them and I have heard that they breed rather readily.

 

[MrCrackerpants]

I am new to millipedes, so I cannot answer you question from experience. But my friend (Roach Crossing/Kyle) breeds them and I have heard that they breed rather readily.

Thanks! Kyle is a great guy and I buy a lot of roaches from him. I do not have any scarlets, bumblebees or Narceus americanus but it is good to know they are all easy breeders.

 

[antinous]

Lovely millipedes! Reminds me of flamelegs! Haha