A few of my centipedes

[Salvador]

Ethmostigmus trigonopodus "Blue Ring"

Ethmostigmus trigonopodus "Yellow Leg"

S.dehaani "Vietnam" pedeling

S.hainanum

S.hardwickei

S.subspinipes

 

[Munax]

You punk where'd you get a hardwickei lol. Also I've never heard of S.hainanum before, what's the info on thoes?

 

[Chris LXXIX]

You punk where'd you get a hardwickei lol. Also I've never heard of S.hainanum before, what's the info on thoes?

Here in Italy S.hardwickei is quite available at honest prices, probably one of my next, even if, damn me, i want a native (Italy) S.cingulata... love their colors.

Btw i have a S.subspinipes and mines looks like, colours talking, that S.hainanum. Now uh i definitely do not know Centipedes that well like when it comes to T's so i'm a bit baffled :-s

 

[Biollantefan54]

They look amazing

 

[Salvador]

You punk where'd you get a hardwickei lol. Also I've never heard of S.hainanum before, what's the info on thoes?

I got mine from a UK supplier for a very reasonable price. S.haiananum are previously known as "Tiger Legs", have a search on here for more info.

Btw i have a S.subspinipes and mines looks like, colours talking, that S.hainanum. Now uh i definitely do not know Centipedes that well like when it comes to T's so i'm a bit baffled :-s

All I can say in response is that while they definitely are similar to S.subspinipes, they're not always striped as you may see with a bit of hunting around. Now, this was sold as a male, which seems to be on the basis that they're sexually dimorphic, males lacking pattern on the legs. I don't know about that, but I'll let the label stick as what it's been bought as until shown otherwise. I'm not keen on knocking out centipedes and popping their sexual organs out (to see that if male, it lacks gonopods like S.hainanum), but I can tell you this individual has only one spine on the ventral of it's terminal leg, which should match it to S.hainanum rather than S.subspinipes.

This an example from Kronmüllers 2012 paper, which reviews S.subspinipes and describes S.hainanum.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I got mine from a UK supplier for a very reasonable price. S.haiananum are previously known as "Tiger Legs", have a search on here for more info.



All I can say in response is that while they definitely are similar to S.subspinipes, they're not always striped as you may see with a bit of hunting around. Now, this was sold as a male, which seems to be on the basis that they're sexually dimorphic, males lacking pattern on the legs. I don't know about that, but I'll let the label stick as what it's been bought as until shown otherwise. I'm not keen on knocking out centipedes and popping their sexual organs out (to see that if male, it lacks gonopods like S.hainanum), but I can tell you this individual has only one spine on the ventral of it's terminal leg, which should match it to S.hainanum rather than S.subspinipes.

This an example from Kronmüllers 2012 paper, which reviews S.subspinipes and describes S.hainanum.

Thanks man, very informative. And great Centipedes, btw! :-s

 

[Sarkhan42]

These photos are spectacular, I haaaaaave to get myself a pede sometime, they're incredible. Thanks for sharing the photos!

 

[Munax]

Here in Italy S.hardwickei is quite available at honest prices, probably one of my next, even if, damn me, i want a native (Italy) S.cingulata... love their colors.

Btw i have a S.subspinipes and mines looks like, colours talking, that S.hainanum. Now uh i definitely do not know Centipedes that well like when it comes to T's so i'm a bit baffled :-s

lol sorry, I just find it funny how to can buy a hardwickei so easily in the U.K, but you cant find your own native species. I wish hardwickei were as common in the states as they seem to be in Europe, but we have S. heros so I wont complain.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

lol sorry, I just find it funny how to can buy a hardwickei so easily in the U.K, but you cant find your own native species. I wish hardwickei were as common in the states as they seem to be in Europe, but we have S. heros so I wont complain.

Yes. A reason is, S.cingulata is pretty easy to find here WC in Lazio/Southern Toscana regions (rumors says even here where i live, still i doubt about that) under rocks etc so it's not always present for sale for that reason.
S.heros is cool :-s probably the only Centipede have yet to see for sale here in Italy.