Phark's picture thread

[Draiman]

Awesome shots, Gavin!!
Have you found any MM P.inermis?
It would be really cool so see some CB specimens of this species.

I have one penultimate male in premolt as well as one mature female who is ready and waiting. In fact, she made a sac last night but I found her eating the eggs in the morning. I must have disturbed her :wall:

Pretty much the same
It burrowed as soon as I placed it in it's new container, and I haven't seen it since.
Unfortunately E. trigonopoda behaves the same. So I'll be looking out for a more visible species of centipede.

In my experience Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans are very visible. Not only that, they're also very colorful and communal.

 

[Apophis]

That sounds good, I'll keep my eyes out for one of those! Thanks!

 

[Draiman]

3" subadult Pterinochilus murinus female:

 

[Draiman]

I'm quite bemused. Before today, I thought it was because of the same old boring subjects in my photos that nobody commented. Today, I put up pics of a lovely orange spider and still, no comments. Possible reasons would be - poor picture quality (I am sure any neutral observer would agree my pics are not "poor"), poor choice of subject (no longer a valid reason since I recently got a H. maculata and P. murinus and still received very few comments) and lastly, a dislike of the poster. Quite clearly it is the latter that is the case.

It is not about wanting praise. I would very much rather get criticism on my pics than get nothing at all. Oh well. I might get a better reception somewhere else.

 

[fisherprice1234]

Awesome Picture!

Wow wonderful pictures! What type of camera are you using?

 

[DansDragons]

beautiful shots of your OBT man!

 

[Draiman]

Haha, thanks guys. I use a Nikon D40.

 

[fartkowski]

Nice shots
I wish my OBT was out more.
I haven't seen her for a few months.

 

[Draiman]

Nice shots
I wish my OBT was out more.
I haven't seen her for a few months.

Mine is out only because I just got her this morning and she hasn't settled in. She seems to love climbing. Probably an individual preference huh, considering this species is half terrestrial and half arboreal. What set-up do you keep yours in?

 

[fartkowski]

I gave mine a flower pot hide and she took to it right away. Webbed herself in.
She never showed any arboreal tendencies at all.
The male I had loved to spend time neat the top. Made feeding time fun

 

[Draiman]

I gave mine a flower pot hide and she took to it right away. Webbed herself in.
She never showed any arboreal tendencies at all.
The male I had loved to spend time neat the top. Made feeding time fun

Lol cool. Anyway here are a couple of feeding pics (one question: why the heck do scorps eat so slowly? they've been at it for over TEN HOURS! Even my whipscorpions eat faster and they have the same digestive mechanism!):

 

[Richard McJimsey]

Very nice young Rhopalurus junceus you have there

 

[Draiman]

Very nice young Rhopalurus junceus you have there

Thanks. I can't wait for them to get to 4", unfortunately they are slow growers. On the bright side, they live longer than other buthid species.

 

[Draiman]

Handling pics from last night:

 

[Draiman]

New pics of the lady:

My largest centipede, about to molt again:

 

[Draiman]

3.5" female OBT eating a juvenile American (oops!) bullfrog:

 

[Draiman]

 

[Draiman]

I never get tired of taking pics of her.

Eating a bullfrog:

Frontal shot:

 

[VESPidA]

stunning!

what a BEAUTIFUL OBT!:drool: you capture her very well:clap:

 

[skippy]

very nice eye shot