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orthoporus ornatus
I love this species but have found them so tricky to keep. Whether my best most attentive efforts or more benevolent neglect so to speak, seems to make no difference whether any particular individual lives long or dies. :sad:

I hope that you have better success with them! They really are beautiful millipedes!
 
I love this species but have found them so tricky to keep. Whether my best most attentive efforts or more benevolent neglect so to speak, seems to make no difference whether any particular individual lives long or dies. :sad:

I hope that you have better success with them! They really are beautiful millipedes!
How are you caring for them? I just had my first deaths, the specimens were in my care for 2.5ish years.
 
How are you caring for them? I just had my first deaths, the specimens were in my care for 2.5ish years.
It was several years ago now... I had them in a well-ventilated terrarium, fairly deep substrate (mix of usual millipede substrate but with more coco fiber and sand), misted and tried to keep the lower levels of the substrate damp. My failing was probably that I was trying to give them a drier spell to mimic a yearly cycle, although most would survive the drier period...

How are you keeping yours?
 

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