Ghoul
Arachnosquire
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- Jul 16, 2016
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This is something I've been wondering about, is it possible to keep bigger kinds of millipedes together with other species? I do not own any big ones right now, just regular native(Europe/Germany) millipedes. And a tailless whip scorpion (Damon d.) named Benji who shares his enclosure with woodlice that keep his enclosure clean and are also his food. That wasn't intended but hey whatever works for ya Benj.
I have a little box I call the forest box, which contains black millipedes, red/brown flat backed millipedes, pill millipedes (Glomeridae), pill bugs, woodlice, a tiny snail, a worm, a baby centipede that got in there on accident, a bunch of tiny harvestmen, some bugs that are sort of like tiny crickets but not really, and mites. And a tiny guy with long crab hands. Probably also other things. They all seem to get along together very well. I keep putting in some leaves, rotting wood and mushrooms I bring from the forest. Once in a while some leftovers from cooking like potato bits or cucumbers. I have had that setup for three months or so? I've seen only one dead black millipede, all others are doing great still. In fact the flat backed millipedes and the pillipedes had babies multiple times and now there's these tiny dots and strings in various sizes everywhere <3
TL;DR: I own different native millipede species together with other species living in the woods, is the same possible with their larger relatives or is it a bad idea? Not just different millipede species but maybe different nocturnal inverts? Bugs of sorts?
I have a little box I call the forest box, which contains black millipedes, red/brown flat backed millipedes, pill millipedes (Glomeridae), pill bugs, woodlice, a tiny snail, a worm, a baby centipede that got in there on accident, a bunch of tiny harvestmen, some bugs that are sort of like tiny crickets but not really, and mites. And a tiny guy with long crab hands. Probably also other things. They all seem to get along together very well. I keep putting in some leaves, rotting wood and mushrooms I bring from the forest. Once in a while some leftovers from cooking like potato bits or cucumbers. I have had that setup for three months or so? I've seen only one dead black millipede, all others are doing great still. In fact the flat backed millipedes and the pillipedes had babies multiple times and now there's these tiny dots and strings in various sizes everywhere <3
TL;DR: I own different native millipede species together with other species living in the woods, is the same possible with their larger relatives or is it a bad idea? Not just different millipede species but maybe different nocturnal inverts? Bugs of sorts?