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Last year my Scolopendra heros castaniceps, around spring-time, laid some eggs. The eggs hatched and the babies developed normally. Some people here may still have those babies.
Anyways, she molted in March of this year. Didn't eat very much afterwards, some crickets, one pink mouse.
Today, I figured I'd give her a pink. So I lift up her buried cork slab, and toss in the pink. As soon as it hit ground she was on it. She spun her head around and then I noticed them. Eggs. It happened so fast, I didn't get a chance to hold onto the mouse. So I grab the pink. A tug-o-war ensues. She really wouldn't let go. I actually had to pin her down with the edge of the cork.
I figured that I better get the pink outta there, 'cause once she starts eating she may not want to stop and continue on with her eggs. They may not be fertile (post molt), but then again, how much do we really know about centipede reproduction.
Well it's 7 hrs. later, and she's still on her back with eggs intact.
john
Anyways, she molted in March of this year. Didn't eat very much afterwards, some crickets, one pink mouse.
Today, I figured I'd give her a pink. So I lift up her buried cork slab, and toss in the pink. As soon as it hit ground she was on it. She spun her head around and then I noticed them. Eggs. It happened so fast, I didn't get a chance to hold onto the mouse. So I grab the pink. A tug-o-war ensues. She really wouldn't let go. I actually had to pin her down with the edge of the cork.
I figured that I better get the pink outta there, 'cause once she starts eating she may not want to stop and continue on with her eggs. They may not be fertile (post molt), but then again, how much do we really know about centipede reproduction.
Well it's 7 hrs. later, and she's still on her back with eggs intact.
john
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