wastedwoodsman
Arachnosquire
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- May 27, 2013
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So I have conducted a couple trades to require a few of these beauties and I must say I really enjoy them! They are the strangest millipedes I have owned. I have several color morphs of these together including the yellow and black ones with the yellow spots along to side ridges(Apheloria virginiensis Montana?) , The black and red ones with yellow legs, and the Apheloria virginiensis corrugate flat millipedes set up in a 10 gallon tank. I will take photos of them and upload them as I go along this process. A few of these have died off randomly but most of them are fairly stable and seem happy.
Behaviors so far:
I have seen a lot of these guys all color forms hooked up. They do tend to clump together in the same area or dig into little surface burrows together. Sometimes there's 5-6 in the same hole. They also tend to lay on their backs. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I get up in the morning see one belly up and think its dead but when I pop the top their legs set up in a flurry of motion as they very quickly turn over and make a run for the nearest hidey hole. Out of the week or so that I have had these millipedes I can't say I have seen them eat anything yet. This doesn't bother me much as all my millipedes go long periods (A matter of months without even touching their food) Interestingly, I have seen the mostly black color forms with yellow spots mating with the black and red ones... Is that normal? Does this seem like it would result in the Apheloria virginiensis corrugata? I am not sure why they are breeding with different colors but I did get a few pics! I will post later this evening. I am hoping to have good success with these guys. Has anyone else had any luck with these? Or maybe have any input/advice/observations to add? I have read a few threads on these but I thought a new thread could be made with what I have been finding out so I can also keep a track record of success/failures with these guys so I know what to change or what to keep doing on the results of this new adventure. Thanks a bunch
Behaviors so far:
I have seen a lot of these guys all color forms hooked up. They do tend to clump together in the same area or dig into little surface burrows together. Sometimes there's 5-6 in the same hole. They also tend to lay on their backs. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I get up in the morning see one belly up and think its dead but when I pop the top their legs set up in a flurry of motion as they very quickly turn over and make a run for the nearest hidey hole. Out of the week or so that I have had these millipedes I can't say I have seen them eat anything yet. This doesn't bother me much as all my millipedes go long periods (A matter of months without even touching their food) Interestingly, I have seen the mostly black color forms with yellow spots mating with the black and red ones... Is that normal? Does this seem like it would result in the Apheloria virginiensis corrugata? I am not sure why they are breeding with different colors but I did get a few pics! I will post later this evening. I am hoping to have good success with these guys. Has anyone else had any luck with these? Or maybe have any input/advice/observations to add? I have read a few threads on these but I thought a new thread could be made with what I have been finding out so I can also keep a track record of success/failures with these guys so I know what to change or what to keep doing on the results of this new adventure. Thanks a bunch