Matttoadman Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Which species of millipedes have been bred in captivity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 In the U.S I know that Narceus annularis, Narceus americanus, Narceus gordanus, Floridibolus penneri, Archispirostreptus gigas, Epibolus pulchripes, Apeuthes sp., Acladocricus sp., Chicobolus spingerus, Sigmoria sp., Mardonius parilis, Trigoniulus macropygus, Anadenobolus monilicornis, Trigoniulus corallinus, Brachcybe lecontii, Euryurus leachii, and a few Julid species have been bred. There are probably a couple more, but those are the ones that I can confirm have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matttoadman Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Ok, I stumbled on few species that were wild caught and said they haven't been breed. I just wanted to make sure I didn't get those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 My N. annularis have laid tons of eggs and I'm starting to see babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Salmonsaladsandwich said: My N. annularis have laid tons of eggs and I'm starting to see babies. Very cool. I'm planning on acquiring some of those soon, are they as stunning as they look in the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 The European hobby has bred tons of different millipede species, but they have quite a bit more availability than we do here in the US. Orthoporus ornatus is one that I don't believe has been bred so far, but most other large US species have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 On 7/9/2017 at 5:30 PM, All About Insects said: Very cool. I'm planning on acquiring some of those soon, are they as stunning as they look in the pictures? In bright light (e.g outdoors) they gray and red stripes are really beautiful, but in poor lighting they just sort of look brown. They are very prolific, the amount of babies now is just unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Salmonsaladsandwich said: In bright light (e.g outdoors) they gray and red stripes are really beautiful, but in poor lighting they just sort of look brown. They are very prolific, the amount of babies now is just unbelievable. Get some glowworms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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