LawnShrimp
Arachnoangel
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After a trip to South Florida, I've returned with some myriapods I WC'd.
While staying at a relative's house, said relatives' kids flipped over a board in their sandy, dry, play area, and at least six Rhysida longipes burst out and headed towards cover. As I'm new to 'pede keeping, I only managed to catch one fairly large specimen. (I did catch a second, smaller Rhysida, but it died of unknown reasons (pesticides? dehydration?)
Also common (and much cuter) were Rusty and Bumblebee millipedes (Trigoniulus corralinus, Anadenobolus monilicornis), of which I collected ~6 Trigoniulus and ~12 Anadenobolus.
As a temperate-zoner, these are the largest centipedes/millipedes I've seen in my life. I can't wait until I can have larger, more tropical versions of these guys, but hopefully these will function as good starter 'pedes until then. Hopefully, they will do okay in captivity seeing as how they're WC.
If you've got any tips for these, I'll appreciate them!
Pictures included, sorry for phone-quality but that's all I have. (All species burrow like mad, they were under the substrate in seconds! The Rhysida is in a better container now, that's just the bucket I caught it with.)
While staying at a relative's house, said relatives' kids flipped over a board in their sandy, dry, play area, and at least six Rhysida longipes burst out and headed towards cover. As I'm new to 'pede keeping, I only managed to catch one fairly large specimen. (I did catch a second, smaller Rhysida, but it died of unknown reasons (pesticides? dehydration?)
Also common (and much cuter) were Rusty and Bumblebee millipedes (Trigoniulus corralinus, Anadenobolus monilicornis), of which I collected ~6 Trigoniulus and ~12 Anadenobolus.
As a temperate-zoner, these are the largest centipedes/millipedes I've seen in my life. I can't wait until I can have larger, more tropical versions of these guys, but hopefully these will function as good starter 'pedes until then. Hopefully, they will do okay in captivity seeing as how they're WC.
If you've got any tips for these, I'll appreciate them!
Pictures included, sorry for phone-quality but that's all I have. (All species burrow like mad, they were under the substrate in seconds! The Rhysida is in a better container now, that's just the bucket I caught it with.)
