Cariblatta lutea

Thank you!

Unfortunately the original 11 I had all died when I let my friend babysit them for few weeks while I was out of town. However, I was able to collect 8 more specimens this year that are presumably 7 males and 1 female so hopefully I'll have better luck this time.

I ended up with babies

I don't think I've shared this specimen here before.

Yes

Hopefully more people have success so they become as common as Gyna lurida!

Very rare millipede from central Florida. Fortunately they were fairly easy to breed.

That's what I'm suspecting. Hoping they'll lay eggs this winter

So far none have died in my care but there's no sign of babies

I collected them at Big Pine Key, FL under limestones. Apparently they are found throughout the Keys. I raised mine on fish flakes, squash, apple, and dog food.

Yep. Got more babies recently and the first batch of babies are almost mature now.

These were collected from Tampa, FL. They have similar color to Ocala strain, but adult females develop yellow spots on the margin of their abdomen.

Relatively easy species to breed and care for.

I was lucky enough to see hundreds of these on a hike. Interestingly, only 6 of the ones I saw were females.