Scolopendra species that hide and burrow the least?

[Frodo240203]

hi everyone. Just looking for a good display species that is more or less out in the open.

 

[Staehilomyces]

Apparently Scolopendra heros are quite visible, and I can say from my own experience that Scolopendra morsitans are out quite a lot.

 

[Bill S]

It seems to vary with the individual animal and with season/temperatures/feeding patterns/etc. I've got several different variations of Scolopendra dehanni and Scolopendra heros. The most reliably visible are a couple of the dehanni and a couple of the heros. The ones I see least frequently are a couple of the dehanni and a couple of the heros. S. polymorpha also tend to hide a lot - but once in a while I have one that comes out looking for food a lot (during the warm season).

 

[basin79]

My Scolopendra viridicornis (yeah yeah she's not the "true" viridicornis) is out the vast majority of the time. Just curled up on the surface.

 

[chanda]

My Scolopendra heros is my most visible 'pede. He frequently comes out and wanders around in the middle of the afternoon. My S. polymorpha, on the other hand, I hardly ever see. (I've got one that I haven't seen since July.) The S. dehaani is somewhere in the middle. He's out occasionally, but not as often as the heros.

 

[Frodo240203]

Thanks guys! Considering all suggestions. Any info on subspinipes and hainanum?

 

[Greasylake]

Any info on subspinipes and hainanum?

Subspinipes (you'll really only find dehaani) are pet holes if you keep them right. My hainanum spends most of its time under its cork bark, but occasionally I see it outside at night.

 

[Scoly]

For a lot of species it really depends on how you keep them. Here's my notes form species I've kept:

1. S. hardwickii - don't burrow but will use hides if available, but do OK in small tubs without hides too
2. S.alternans Hispaniola - sometimes in, sometimes out (low height tub)
3. S.alternans (standard banded) pedelings - almost always under ground
4. S.morsitans - usually burried, sometimes out
5. E. trigonopodus (Kenyan) almost always under hide, except in less clear enclosures in which case they're often out in the open
6. E. trigonopodus (Mozambique) always under hide
   
7. The only subspinipes (yes, not a dehaani) in my collection is a juvenile and almost always on the surface.
8. S.dehaani (cherry red) - always under hide unless its hunting
9. S.galapagoensis - tunneller but sometimes out on the surface, sometimes under for weeks
10. S.cingulata - in small tubs often out in the open, in large enclosures burrow completely
11. A.chilensis - total burrower
12. S.hainanum - always out in the open (small tubs)
13. S.mutilans - always hiding
14. S. sp "viridicornis" - often out in the open
15. S. paradoxa - occasionally out, but often burrowing (and they burrow upside down, with belly towards surface - weirdos!)

That's all I can remember...

The gist of it is that unless you have an obligate burrower, you can usually keep it in a shallow ceiling tub with reduced lighting and it will tend to stay on the surface.

 

[SonsofArachne]

My S. heros castaneiceps is almost always out. My S. heros arizonensis only comes out to eat. I don't know if it's a sub-species or individual difference.

 

[RTTB]

All S heros Ive kept are highly visible. Alipes sp tend to be very visible in my observations.