thank you! i hope it goes well. what species have you kept? hemiscolopendra is a very cool centipede and it only gets around two inches
I kept some garden centipedes that I found in my basement. My dad saw them in our woodpile and was going to kill them, so I kept them instead.thank you! i hope it goes well. what species have you kept? hemiscolopendra is a very cool centipede and it only gets around two inches
Now that is one gorgeous centipede :]
post-molt colors are always so pretty. centipedes are just such awesome animals
Yeah, they really are.
Haha, Nice! Mine actually just molted not long ago too. Seemed like it was only in premolt for 2, maybe 3 weeks at most lol. I'm surprised it was that fast... Probably because it's eating well, plus high temps, but it was still faster than I expected..been in premolt for 9 months. finally is about to molt. i’m excited, it’s already 9 inches. can’t wait for it to be a little bit bigger and to fully regrow that slightly-regrown terminal leg. S. galapagoensis “black”
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been in premolt for 9 months. finally is about to molt. i’m excited, it’s already 9 inches. can’t wait for it to be a little bit bigger and to fully regrow that slightly-regrown terminal leg. S. galapagoensis “black”
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I'm curious, what temperatures are yours kept at? And how often do you feed?been in premolt for 9 months. finally is about to molt. i’m excited, it’s already 9 inches. can’t wait for it to be a little bit bigger and to fully regrow that slightly-regrown terminal leg. S. galapagoensis “black”
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mines kept at 80. i feed whenever they’re not hiding and moving around.
Ah alright, mine's a bit hotter, and it probably eats more. Still, I didn't think it would make such a massive difference between molt times. 9 months to a few weeks is huge lol
feeding schedule/temps do speed up molt time but not by very much.
Oh really are there any other possible factors? Or is it just completely random?
humidity/moisture is one of the biggest factors. if you keep it very dry it won’t molt very often, if you keep one side slightly damp then it will molt a lot more often. i usually keep mine very dry but i will overflow its waterdish around once a week
Ohh so it's that combined with the heat/feedings then that made such a huge difference. Is there any particular reason you didn't bump the humidity up a little to speed the molt up?
this S. galapagoensis has pretty bad mycosis so i just didn’t wanna bump up the humidity
Oh gotcha. How's the mycosis after the molt?this S. galapagoensis has pretty bad mycosis so i just didn’t wanna bump up the humidity