My new pede!

[Scorpendra]

yesterday, i got my first millipede; an AGB. ignore the substrate, i'm trying to remove mites. currently, she's sleeping.

 

[Scorpendra]

upon recent study, i believe that it was mislabeled in the store and is actually a Ghana Amber Banded. from what i can see, they require similar to identical care, so good for me.

 

[Crunchie]

Is there any way we can get a shot of her head? The Ghana amber banded has a very wide and thickset head compared to the Giant African Black... In saying that her legs look a bit short to be an AGB but at the same time the bands are less distinct that most GABs I've seen.

Giant Black

Ghana Amver banded

Looks like a nice girl you have there though, good luck with her

 

[thedreadedone]

maybe a different sub-species of amber banded?

 

[Scorpendra]

eh, i'm not completely sure. but it's definitely not the AGB shown in Crunchie's first pic.

 

[Scorpendra]

i am not able to get sleeping beauty here's face-shot yet, but i have another pic. is it possible that it's a hybrid?

 

[Crunchie]

that looks like an African Giant Black to me now I can see a better picture of it. How big is the millipede by the way? The picture I put up was of a male AGB and it might be just be but I've noticed the males are blacker and the females have more distinct bands.

 

[thedreadedone]

my AGB breeding pair are both completely black, with no banding and black legs

 

[Scorpendra]

she is about 10-11 inches

 

[juggalo69]

I just got one a few weeks ago, it was labled as an AGB but it looks like Molitor's.

 

[Crunchie]

Just looks like an African Giant with slightly more prominent banding, I've seen at a few of them about.

http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/african-giant-black-millipedes.asp