Does any one what these Huge pill bugs are?

[beetlejelly]

I came across these on a very cool Japanese website, and I was wondering if any one what these where?
http://www.sf-japan.net/old/index2_e.htm

:drool: :drool: :drool:

 

[Gsc]

They get imported into the US seasonally from Madagascar... I don't believe anyone has been able to keep them alive for more than 6 months or so...most live much less than that. People have tried feeding them about everything...with the addition of rotten wood, they seem to do alittle better. They look cool but just aren't ment to be in captivity...

 

[Stylopidae]

Those are pill millipedes. Kind of hard to find in captivity from what I hear and they are very hard to take care of. They don't live long in captivity.
Still cool critters, though.

 

[Gsc]

On a side note.. one species imported in an EMERALD GREEN- beautiful...if we could only figure out what is missing from their diet. Most speculate that they possibly feed on a native fungus possibly that grows on the moist forest floor where they live.... sounds like a good theory to me...

Other hobbyists may have more details on them for ya...

BTW: they average $20-$30ea when they are availible.

 

[Gsc]

Someone on our classifieds has them for sale if your interested...listed on bottom of ad as "Madagascar Pill Millipede" $25ea.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?p=562569#post562569

Good luck

 

[beetlejelly]

Thanks for the info! I will ask some of my insane Japanese insect breeder friends if they have any tricks up there sleeves. Make sure you check out the website if you already haven’t, there’s some cool stuff there I’ve never seen before.
http://www.sf-japan.net/old/index2_e.htm

If you need to translate, http://world.altavista.com/ is great for Japanese to English.

 

[Scythemantis]

That site is amazing!!!

http://www.sf-japan.net/old/f.zoumushi006.JPG

Does anyone know the species name for these gigantic...weevils?

http://www.sf-japan.net/old/kiligiris04.JPG
http://www.sf-japan.net/old/kiligiris05.JPG

...And what's this handsome devil?! I want it.

The giant water bugs they have there are impressive too, they look bigger than any I've seen in america.

Edit/ found the weevil's name, Cyrtotrachelus dux ...any way to get them in the states? Or an equally large/larger weevil?

 

[Galapoheros]

That site is amazing!!!

http://www.sf-japan.net/old/f.zoumushi006.JPG

Does anyone know the species name for these gigantic...weevils?

http://www.sf-japan.net/old/kiligiris04.JPG
http://www.sf-japan.net/old/kiligiris05.JPG

...And what's this handsome devil?! I want it.

The giant water bugs they have there are impressive too, they look bigger than any I've seen in america.

I think that "handsome devil" is a weta. Many different species. That's a monster weevil!

 

[Scythemantis]

Nah wetas are somewhat different looking, someone said it was either family Haglinae or Prophalangopsidae, but noone knows the particular species.

 

[Vermis]

Koringkriek?

Large african cricket. From what I've read they follow a standard cricket diet - anything and plenty of it. What I read was also accompanied by photos of specimens with interesting coloration of glossy black + slate-blue carapace edges.

 

[ftorres]

mysterious bugs

Those crickets are actually from Africa. The Armoured Cricket. Sometimes available in Europe send by mistake. I had a chance to own one about 3 years ago it came in, from a Tanzania shipment. really nice and big.
Giant Wevils, we have one specie native to Florida about 1-1.5 long.
regards
FT

 

[Digby Rigby]

Cool and humid

the pill millipedes need to be kept cool and humid. Foods can include algae fungus dead hardwood leaves by cool you dont want them over 65 degrees.
of course there are other parameters but those are the ones everyone seems to miss.

Digby Rigby

 

[Vermis]

Sometimes available in Europe send by mistake. I had a chance to own one about 3 years ago

Same here. I just got the one that the invertebrate shop had for sale. Great-looking bug!

They said they might get more in, sometime. I hope they do.

 

[Empi]

Koringkriek?

Large african cricket. From what I've read they follow a standard cricket diet - anything and plenty of it. What I read was also accompanied by photos of specimens with interesting coloration of glossy black + slate-blue carapace edges.

Your right it is an african cricket, a nada cricket to be exact. This species is from the Named desert at the lower left side of Africa. Very cool cricket, I would love to have one. I cant believe how big they are. That is just amazing! Very cool site too. I'm gonna have to bookmark that one!

 

[koringkriek]

reply to the african cricket

Koringkriek?

Large african cricket. From what I've read they follow a standard cricket diet - anything and plenty of it. What I read was also accompanied by photos of specimens with interesting coloration of glossy black + slate-blue carapace edges.

WELL, THEY ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE KORINGKRIEK, DIRECTLY TRANSLATED THE "WHEAT CRICKET" AND I BELIEVE THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAME IS THE 'Eugaster longipes', SUBFAMILY 'Hetronidae". I AM CURRENTLY IN POSSESION OF THREE, TWO MALES AND ONE FEMALE. I AM DOING SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THEM. THEIR DIET IN CAPTIVITY CONSISTS OF GREEN PLANTS AND COOKED WHEAT, AND THEIR NORMAL DIET CONSISTS OF PLANTS AND THE BODIES OF THEIR DEAD MEMBERS. NOW THESE PEST MAKE A VERY HIGH PITCHED AND LOUD CICADA-LIKE NOISE AND TRUST ME, FROM EXPERIENCE, HANDLING A LIVE KORINGKRIEK IS LIKE PLAYING WITH AN UNTAMED LOVE BIRD. IE: THEY BITE!! BESIDES THE BITING THEY KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH THEIR CONTINUOUS CHATTING SPREES. THESE INSECTS ARE NOT RELATED TO THE CRICKET, THEY ARE ACTUALLY RELATED TO THE LOCUST FAMILY. THE THREESOME I HAVE IN CAPTIVITY ARE GREEN AND SAND AND ARE APPROXIMATELY 3CM IN LENGTH. ..

 

[koringkriek]

Diet...

WELL, THEY ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE KORINGKRIEK, DIRECTLY TRANSLATED THE "WHEAT CRICKET" AND I BELIEVE THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAME IS THE 'Eugaster longipes', SUBFAMILY 'Hetronidae". I AM CURRENTLY IN POSSESION OF THREE, TWO MALES AND ONE FEMALE. I AM DOING SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THEM. THEIR DIET IN CAPTIVITY CONSISTS OF GREEN PLANTS AND COOKED WHEAT, AND THEIR NORMAL DIET CONSISTS OF PLANTS AND THE BODIES OF THEIR DEAD MEMBERS. NOW THESE PEST MAKE A VERY HIGH PITCHED AND LOUD CICADA-LIKE NOISE AND TRUST ME, FROM EXPERIENCE, HANDLING A LIVE KORINGKRIEK IS LIKE PLAYING WITH AN UNTAMED LOVE BIRD. IE: THEY BITE!! BESIDES THE BITING THEY KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT WITH THEIR CONTINUOUS CHATTING SPREES. THESE INSECTS ARE NOT RELATED TO THE CRICKET, THEY ARE ACTUALLY RELATED TO THE LOCUST FAMILY. THE THREESOME I HAVE IN CAPTIVITY ARE GREEN AND SAND AND ARE APPROXIMATELY 3CM IN LENGTH. ..

THEY LITERALLY EAT EVERYTHING THEY CAN FIND... THEY ARE SERIOUS PESTS ESPECIALLY FOR THE FARMING COMMUNITIES.

 

[DR zuum]

On a side note.. one species imported in an EMERALD GREEN- beautiful...if we could only figure out what is missing from their diet. Most speculate that they possibly feed on a native fungus possibly that grows on the moist forest floor where they live.... sounds like a good theory to me...

Other hobbyists may have more details on them for ya...

BTW: they average $20-$30ea when they are availible.

I tried several species of fungus to no avail,I was going to move on to some algae species that supposedly carpet the tropical floor where they live.There were some emerald green ones with red eyes here about a yr ago I should have bought them and tried again.

There was a dealer out in lomita that supposedly had some success with live shitakes or at least thats what he said they only ate the gills according to him.Good luck to whoever wants to try them.

 

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I've also read that foggers set to a timer help...