are my millipedes mating?

[maggiedonut]

i wasn’t even sure if they were big enough but it looks like they’re trying??

 

[Aquarimax]

They are not mating yet, but that could be pre-mating behavior. How big are they? I have had ivories mate and produce offspring long before they reach full size. Does one of the millipedes have a ‘saddle’? (Enlarged segment behind the head.) Sexually mature male ivories have them, The one on the right doesn’t appear to have one, but the other might.

You can see what I mean about a saddle in my video on breeding millipedes:

 

[BuzzSwole]

When they mate they’ll be laying down legs to legs

 

[BepopCola]

That purple ivory is beautiful.

 

[maggiedonut]

They are not mating yet, but that could be pre-mating behavior. How big are they? I have had ivories mate and produce offspring long before they reach full size. Does one of the millipedes have a ‘saddle’? (Enlarged segment behind the head.) Sexually mature male ivories have them, The one on the right doesn’t appear to have one, but the other might.

You can see what I mean about a saddle in my video on breeding millipedes:

they’re only about 2 inches, i was confused because neither have the saddle.

 

[maggiedonut]

That purple ivory is beautiful.

thank you!!

 

[BuzzSwole]

Might just be picking food off one another

 

[Aquarimax]

they’re only about 2 inches, i was confused because neither have the saddle.

I see. They likely have some growing to do before they are mature then.