Cariblatta lutea Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This was a nice surprise to find. Was planning on taking a 3 hr drive to find these, but turned out these also lived in an area only 25 min. from my place. Specimens were collected in Wetumpka, AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This was a nice surprise to find. Was planning on taking a 3 hr drive to find these, but turned out these also lived in an area only 25 min. from my place. Specimens were collected in Wetumpka, AL Man, the amount of cool invertebrates that live in your state never ceases to amaze me! Very cool millipedes, I hope these do better in captivity than the Madagascan ones do. Let us know how they fare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Man, the amount of cool invertebrates that live in your state never ceases to amaze me! Very cool millipedes, I hope these do better in captivity than the Madagascan ones do. Let us know how they fare! I'm amazed at the diversity of the fauna in my area too! Never thought I would find such cool millies in the area I've been collecting over the past 4 years or so. Thanks for wishing me luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I'm amazed at the diversity of the fauna in my area too! Never thought I would find such cool millies in the area I've been collecting over the past 4 years or so. Thanks for wishing me luck No problem! Just curious, what is the species name for these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 No problem! Just curious, what is the species name for these? Unfortunately I have no clue. There seems to be more than one species occurring in AL and none have been collected from Wetumpka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Unfortunately I have no clue. There seems to be more than one species occurring in AL and none have been collected from Wetumpka Interesting, well I hope that you can eventually ID them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Didn't realize their were any american pill millipedes... They're not an introduced old world species, are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Interesting, well I hope that you can eventually ID them! I just heard back from the person who described our native pill millies that these would even be impossible to ID to genus level without the aid of microscope. I'm shipping some to him in a hope that he'll be able to ID them. Didn't realize their were any american pill millipedes... They're not an introduced old world species, are they? Nope, these are one of the native pills Apparently there are like 3 native species in S.E. US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Awesome find! I hope they do well for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Those are so cool. @_@ I didn't realize we had them in the US either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Really cool! Hope they do well for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Awesome find! I hope they do well for you! Thanks Hopefully I'll be able to get some babies! Those are so cool. @_@ I didn't realize we had them in the US either. IKR? I've only learned that there are native pill millies in the state I live in couple of months ago, and the locality for these were restricted to a state park in northern AL so I never though I would run across them. lol Really cool! Hope they do well for you! Thanks I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Found more today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Lucky! That's all I can say, you are just so lucky, I wish Idaho had such a great diversity of invertebrates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Lucky! That's all I can say, you are just so lucky, I wish Idaho had such a great diversity of invertebrates! You need to move down here! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 You need to move down here! LOL I should lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Any updates on these cuties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Any updates on these cuties? All the adults are still alive, and I see couple of babies, but not sure if those are CB or are WC specimens that ended up in the substrate I picked up from their habitat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 All the adults are still alive, and I see couple of babies, but not sure if those are CB or are WC specimens that ended up in the substrate I picked up from their habitat. Good, glad to hear they are still alive! Would be cool if those babies were CB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Good, glad to hear they are still alive! Would be cool if those babies were CB! IKR? Would really love CB so I won't have to collect them again in the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yeah, not to mention it would be the first documentation of captive breeding in this species! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yeah, not to mention it would be the first documentation of captive breeding in this species! Ah...haven't even thought bout that. Now I really want to know if these babies are CB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Glad these are doing well for you, I love pill millipedes, might try to keep some someday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 Glad these are doing well for you, I love pill millipedes, might try to keep some someday! Hopefully there will be some available in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hopefully there will be some available in the future Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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