Hopefully the owner will join and give up their secrets!
I am the owner of them, just signed up! I was too quite skeptical when I first saw these tiny millipedes but it hasn't always looked this way, growth has been gradual but slow and as they live 15 years that's no surprise is it. I also find and study many other millipedes including the ones you referenced but they simply do not live here, there are other species and they are too small and differently coloured, I have done vast research on native myriapods and I have seen nothing like these. Additionally I microwaved and nuked all outside wood and soil.....Nothing native to me would survive. Also I will add the fact that the young and adult alike are very similarly coloured and act the same.
Awesome! If you don't mind, what are the conditions in the tank? Is the substrate moist? How deep is the sub? Did you have to give them a dry spell?
Welcome! Please post updates and more pictures for us!
As BobBarley asked, could you tell us how you're keeping your tank?I can't wait to see them grow! I have 2 so far and in a separate "nursing tub" I will check on them momentarily to see how they are
and I really hope they grow and I can start a captive bred colony to disperse back into the US trade . Also I was just doing a basic dig through for young before I knew they were next to impossible to breed and found a tiny millipede that wasn't similar to any British ones, see I go out alot and I study alot of the world's inverts but obviously I see the native ones more, I have found small similar blind mills but the couloirs are completely different and there has been a steady growth too! I will try and pull up my older pics to show you and will definitely keep you all updated! Also to those who asked for breeding methods I will need to get all the specifics and keep on seeing what makes them more happy!
