S.polymorpha community

[wburke17]

this is a little community thing i have going on, this are all local wild caught specimens. while collecting we have seen some under the same rocks/trash with each other, so i deceided to try this and see what happens. so far they have co-hab'ed in a appx. 10 x 6" container for over a month without incident, each one has its own area that each other seem to respect and not intrude on (backing out when its occupied) 3 of them have burrows, 1 stays on top of the wood, and one just stays under in the cave area. thats five total, and if all goes well i'll have some babys. i will keep updates as things change for better or worse.

 

[cacoseraph]

nice


that is actually smaller than i thought. very cool that you still have all five

 

[wburke17]

nice


that is actually smaller than i thought. very cool that you still have all five

I check on them every couple o' days and there doing fine

 

[ArachnO]

haha! thanks for sharing this wonderful picture! if they ever breed and make eggs, share me some

 

[mindlessvw]

very cool...i may have to attempt the same thing...maybe the excess of hides helps?

 

[mindlessvw]

whats the biggest guy in there???

 

[wburke17]

whats the biggest guy in there???

close to 6" and the smallest about 4"

 

[Arachnomaniak]

Great to hear that they are doing well! Definitely keep us posted on how they're doing. You'll find more than a few people here are interested in communal centipede attempts

 

[wburke17]

Well heres an update, today i found one dead being eatin by another, looked to be one of the smaller ones

By wburke17 at 2007-07-03
this is the culprit, lookin mighty fat!

By wburke17 at 2007-07-03

By wburke17 at 2007-07-03

 

[Pulk]

too bad about that one, but very cool!

 

[aaandyyy5]

Darn, thats a shame. That would've been cool if they would have cohabilitated with eachother. Good luck with them.

Andy