Grvid, Fat or just big boned?

[Bob]

I have had this S. Subspinipes for a few months now and it is lazy, fat and won't eat going on 3 weeks or so. I am wondering if it is going to shed or might be gravid? My other centipedes always dug under before shedding but this one is just always sleeping on top under a half round log I removed for this photo. I have never had a centipede lay eggs so this is new to me.

Bob

 

[Steven]

we can only hope it is what we all want it is :}

has it changed a bit of coloration for the last weeks?

 

[Bob]

No color change that I noticed anyway. The guy I bought it from said it killed an adult mouse and ate half of it a week or so before I bought it. I would not have done that but maybe it is still full from that. I will put in an adult cricket tonight and remove it if it is still there in the morning. I just did not know how fat a pede gets before laying eggs .

Thanks again,
Bob

 

[Arachnida]

Originally posted by Bob
My other centipedes always dug under before shedding

Mine do the same thing.
It'd be cool if it was gravid. I've got a haitian giant that laid eggs a couple months back. The babies have since 'hatched', and so far, so good.
It's certainly a very cool thing to have happen. Let's just hope you got lucky and purchased a gravid female.

 

[Bob]

I would love to buy a baby Haitian!!

Bob

 

[Wade]

Originally posted by Bob
I would love to buy a baby Haitian!!

Bob

I would imagine that's illegal...

Oh wait, you're probably talking about centipedes ;P

Wade

 

[Arachnida]

Originally posted by Wade
I would imagine that's illegal...

Oh wait, you're probably talking about centipedes ;P

Wade

LOL!!!

Bob:

I'm going to be looking to sell these soon. They are no longer gathered up on the mothers sternites, which I take as a good sign. But at the same time, they do not seem quiet 'independant' yet. They are all huddled together in a little 'burrow' the mother has made under the water dish.
I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they will soon be ready to be separated. Once that happens, I'll post something here for anyone who is interested in buying.
Since you asked first, I'll make sure you get one (or more) if you want it.

 

[wayne the pain]

mornig not that i could buy any, but how many do you have and have you lost any?

 

[Arachnida]

It's tough to say how many I have because they are all in this little burrow underneath the waterdish and thus, obscured from view.
My really rough estimate is about 20.
So far 5 have died. What happened to them is this: The mother - with babies still crawling on her - moved from above the waterdish to underneath the waterdish. While moving herself underneath the dish, those 5 babies were forced off of her, as died as a result of that shortly after.

 

[Bob]

I might not have to by them...I might have my own!

Check out this 7 inch Haitain I bought today at a show .
FAT!!!!!!!!

Bob

 

[Bob]

One more for Steven....hehehe

Bob

 

[Steven]

One more for Steven....hehehe

;P
my time will come,....



on topic: very nice one,...... AGAIN!

 

[Steven]

now you've got your camera in your hand,... could you post a picture that shows the side of that Haitain one ?

 

[Bob]

Photo from the side? It is sleeping now. I will have to wait.

????
Are the Haitians in the hobby in Europe ?
Bob

 

[Steven]

Hey,.. don't botter,... good enough.
just wanted to know wich color it had on the side,...

mmmm,.. there are a lot of centipedes in the hobby from who nobody knows their origin,.... i've seen some that ressemble much those Haitians,.. but can't say for sure.

Vanuata's ,... those are also on my "most wanted list",.. never seen any,.. guess you're gonna post me a nice picture now of a Vanuata

 

[Bob]

No Centipedes at the Portland show but three giant Haitians...........just had to have one.
I don't have ant Vanatua's but check out the almost black one for sale at WWW.Invertepet.com. Bill has alot of Centipedes. I was in his town last July and I tried to call him but no answer. I probably would have bought on if he was there.

Oh ...there were two Texas vinagarunes but did not look healthy so I did not buy one.

Bob

 

[Steven]

we've got an insectfair coming up next weeknd 26Okt,... :}
i've got my hopes up for some whipscorps, tigerbeetles and all the centi-mili stuff i can find

PS: that black vanuata isn't my favourite,... i mean those vanuata's with the grey-blue side colorations and greenish legs
those are just :} :} :} :} :} :}

but as always i guess invertepet doesn't
shipp to europe