Scolopendra hardwickei Escaped...!

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I don't care for centipedes but I have to admit, that thing is beautiful!
 
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Najakeeper said:
PS2: I think he is around 12 cm now and getting thicker as well. But he is not the best eater, refuses food quite often. Funny thing is, it has been over a year and I have never seen a piece of shed exoskeleton with this guy.
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Your centipede may have molted without you noticing, as they may eat their shed exoskeletons. My S. morsitans molted just 2 days ago, and this was the first time I saw a molt in the 4 years I have kept it.
It is undeniable that that is a truly awesome centipede - hope you can manage that somewhat mischievous trio!
 
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Your centipede may have molted without you noticing, as they may eat their shed exoskeletons. My S. morsitans molted just 2 days ago, and this was the first time I saw a molt in the 4 years I have kept it.
It is undeniable that that is a truly awesome centipede - hope you can manage that somewhat mischievous trio!
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Oh I am sure it has molter several times as I got it as a tiny cling and is quite large now but yeah, he eats the molts with the isopods.

Here is how he looks now:



You can estimate the size from the large adult female S.lateralis it is munching on... Over 15cm for sure.
 
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Absolutely stunning. I've got a little pling. Caught it molting twice now under the cork bark.
 
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Still a Chinese 'mint legs' IMO is by far better than S.hardwickei even if they are lovely with their '50 Sci-Fi U.S B-Movies look :-s
 
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I really can't decide which pede I think is the most attractive. Hardwickei is certainly up there, as is the mint leg Subspinipes. Then there's the cherry red Dehaani and the Malaysian Jewel, not to mention the myriad of attractive Morsitans morphs here in Australia. They're all beautiful in their own ways, and I just can't decide on a favourite.
 
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I really can't decide which pede I think is the most attractive. Hardwickei is certainly up there, as is the mint leg Subspinipes. Then there's the cherry red Dehaani and the Malaysian Jewel, not to mention the myriad of attractive Morsitans morphs here in Australia. They're all beautiful in their own ways, and I just can't decide on a favourite.
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S.hardwickei are great, but they are overpriced, just like the 'mint legs' S.subspinipes. We are talking about WC specimens, at the end. 99% of those are.

Saw certain crazy prices that cost less, one moment, to buy a ticket airplane and WC those directly by yourself :-s
 
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The high reds from Taiwan are also very nice.

I have just bought a young female cherry red as well, she burrowed right away though and I don't know when I can take some photos.

The mint legs are cool but I won't pay €250 for a pede.
 
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S.hardwickei are great, but they are overpriced, just like the 'mint legs' S.subspinipes. We are talking about WC specimens, at the end. 99% of those are.

Saw certain crazy prices that cost less, one moment, to buy a ticket airplane and WC those directly by yourself :-s
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I paid £35 for my pling. I'm extremely happy with that price. Yes it's not cheap but it's not bank breakingly expensive either.
 
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I paid £35 for my pling. I'm extremely happy with that price. Yes it's not cheap but it's not bank breakingly expensive either.
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Yeah, captive bred plings are cool. I paid £100 for 4 of these and sold 2 to get my money back completely. 1 died, 1 I raised.
 
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I paid £35 for my pling. I'm extremely happy with that price. Yes it's not cheap but it's not bank breakingly expensive either.
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Yes, for us pedelings aren't so priced. Here in Italy we have the same prices more or less for S.hardwickei, but still the American continent centipedes are quite priced, and here in Europe, a 'mint legs' price is however IMO obscene (even if not even near the U.S average prices) especially when I consider that they WC those with shoeless brats payed with rice or some sort of "Sheik Salad" :-s

A Pro that can happen is: you buy an adult one, hope for a gravid female (there's always some nice % chances, happened to me with my S.subspinipes) and then you can sold the pedelings, because I have noticed that, unlike for T's where there's pundits, when it comes to centipedes a lot of sellers aren't even aware of the sex, go figure if they know that the pede they are shipping to you is gravid or not :)

With centipedes is always "sailing on pure sight" ah ah. Not always bad :-s
 
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Measured my big one and it is about 20cm. Cool...

I gotta sex it someday but this drowning thing really scares me.
 
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