You doubted a pede with those markings existed. Is that better?I didn't doubt its existance ? only the markings !!!
Oh, even more than that.I think that if you apologized and recanted your statements then everyone would get off of your case. The markings do almost look to good to be true but in this case well you don't have a case so just accept your defeat and move on.
I've seen people who have been long time members of other hobbies who still didn't know their butt from a hole in the ground...so what is your point? :? Do your homework before opening your mouth...30+ years and I bet Steven could still run circles around your supposed "expertise" on 'pedes (already seems to be proven actually...)For everyones info been in the hobby for 30yrs.+
Well, you've been around for barely two months and have been keeping pedes for about a month... Steven has been registered here for 4.5 years, and has kept dozens, if not hundreds, of specimens in that time. All I'm saying is take 5 seconds and realize the source of the info in question. If someone has been registered for 3 weeks and they post photos of a lime green pede with blue stripes, then the source might be considered dubious... in this case, considering the source should have alleviated any questions.
dunno, i think more people have this specie, only they don't post much on public forums, and i got it for free as a factYou must be the second person in teh entire world to own one??!! That is the most beautiful pede there is. I don't even want to know how much it cost.:clap: :clap:
i don't believe they can get larger then 20cm, my specimen is aprox 17cm orso. and i won't consider them an easy to take care specie.how large does this species get? is the care relatively easy?
i also hope so, but i think is more likely a male, i'll explain in time.I can only hope that it's a gravid female.
maybe later this year or next year when i have more specimen.Hope you have more of them and will breed them!!!
Hey Jonathan, i also wondered why, and at this point i don' t have an answer, my next goal is getting hardwickei from different areas of Southern India, and see if there's a line in the colorvariations, i've asked my contacts about the different colorforms but haven't got an answer yet.I noticed that all the S. hardwickei have 2 near segments with the same color, on your pede both are orange.
On another pic the pede has 2 near black segments instead.
Do you know why? what makes the color vary? Location, sex etc..?
Yow Dan, indeed long time not hearing from you,Hi Steven,
It's been a while since i come by here, and the first thread i read is this! Nice one, that's the holy grail of pedes. :clap:
I take it you just got the one?
yep totally agree, just a simple example are the Sc.heros with only the last segments and head colored black,... what's up with that ? :razz:There are many other centipedes with colors just as vivid as this one and nobody doubts their existance.
ahahahhaha!ow yeah just a tip, only start at 1 end, don't start painting at both ends cause you'll end up like me, with 2 segments of the same color in the middle
:drool: mmm scolopendra rainbowmidibus only 1 in the world! EXTREMELY RARE!!Not that hard to paint if you use co2 first, thanks for the tip guys:worship:
I think it worked out quite well, I wonder how long it will last.
Scolopendra morsitans
Oh you mean like this Scolopendra heros arizonensias?yep totally agree, just a simple example are the Sc.heros with only the last segments and head colored black,... what's up with that ? :razz:
Cheers,
Steven