Scolopendra gigantea

[CHLee]

4th instar pedeling, 4 months old, about 5.5-6inches body length

 

[ArachnoChino]

I want one. Awesome looking pede

 

[Arthroverts]

4th instar and 6" already? The speed of growth on that thing is nuts!

Thanks for sharing,

Arthroverts

 

[Ratmosphere]

Beauty. Need a few of these!

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Is that something you bought or produced?

 

[beetleman]

man..........i remember when these were imported back in 1995/96 not many came in,had my share of them,that was it never saw them again , i want them again,but they will be very pricey i'm sure.

 

[CHLee]

Is that something you bought or produced?

Cb
6.27 lay
7.26 macaroni
8.10 ate mom
8.23 molt
9.26 molt
10.27 molt

man..........i remember when these were imported back in 1995/96 not many came in,had my share of them,that was it never saw them again , i want them again,but they will be very pricey i'm sure.

Afaik these were never imported, going through all the pics of the old ones they were all galaps, same for the pics in that giant centipede book by Carl in 1998, the big one on the hand, that was a galap too.

 

[beetleman]

ah, thanks for the info, the ones that were imported in 95/96 were black as black and massive(i had a few aswell back then) so they were galaps aswell. good to know.

 

[CHLee]

ah, thanks for the info, the ones that were imported in 95/96 were black as black and massive(i had a few aswell back then) so they were galaps aswell. good to know.

Yes those should be the Ecuador locale, they’re darker than the Peruvian ones. Found on both mainland Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands
Some pics of them I have saved

 

[beetleman]

very nice yeah they are awesome i miss mine,thanks again for the info

 

[Comatose]

Afaik these were never imported, going through all the pics of the old ones they were all galaps, same for the pics in that giant centipede book by Carl in 1998, the big one on the hand, that was a galap too.

They probably were in the early 90s. Galapagoensis showed up randomly in the mid 90s and were always called "Trinidad giant black". I posted the Sandefer pics on FB when I realized all of them were galapagoensis - I actually bought his last one in 2000 or so.

The original ones could have come from Venezuela, since apophysis came in during the early 90s as well, or they could have actually been from Trinidad. I know I couldn't actually find any in 2010, but I know others have.

 

[Teds ts and Inverts]

Oh how I want one....