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deserthairyscorpion1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 233
Age : 50
Location : My house
Registration date : 2012-05-04
| | Subject: Problem with centipede? 6/20/2013, 7:47 pm | |
|  My new wild caught Scolopendra Polymorpha was eating a cricket. While observing the pede, I noticed that half of one of the centipede's antenna was chopped in half. will this cause feeding problems?? | |
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Scorpion19981000
Administrator
Number of posts : 1895
Age : 26
Location : Cortland, New York
Registration date : 2011-07-03
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/20/2013, 8:42 pm | |
| No, don't worry about it...it should regenerate completely within a couple molts. | |
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deserthairyscorpion1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 233
Age : 50
Location : My house
Registration date : 2012-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/20/2013, 10:00 pm | |
| Well that's good. The pede is 4 inches. Will it still molt? | |
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Scorpion19981000
Administrator
Number of posts : 1895
Age : 26
Location : Cortland, New York
Registration date : 2011-07-03
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/20/2013, 10:04 pm | |
| Yes it will still molt depending on how long it lives. Centipedes, unlike scorpions, have no terminal or final molt, they continue to molt throughout their entire lives. | |
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 35
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/20/2013, 10:34 pm | |
| i had a large (and very scary) de haani with part of its antenna missing and it was fine  (i don't know why i chose that as my first pede) | |
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deserthairyscorpion1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 233
Age : 50
Location : My house
Registration date : 2012-05-04
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/21/2013, 12:22 am | |
| Is there any way to sex centipedes? | |
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 35
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/21/2013, 12:25 am | |
| this may help: http://www.arachnofreaks.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1058 | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 36
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/21/2013, 10:09 am | |
| my mom catches a lot of these in our bathroom then sells them off our local buy&sell site lol | |
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Scorpion19981000
Administrator
Number of posts : 1895
Age : 26
Location : Cortland, New York
Registration date : 2011-07-03
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/22/2013, 1:20 am | |
| - deserthairyscorpion1 wrote:
- Is there any way to sex centipedes?
That depends, how many times are you willing to get bit?  Unfortunately, it's very difficult to sex centipedes while they are alive. Really the easiest way to do it is to buy a gravid one, in which case it's rumored that not too many of those are males.  There's no easy way to do it unless you're willing to semi-drown, freeze, of gas your pede to "unconsciousness" or put two random pedes together and see what happens. | |
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dakuan
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 67
Age : 37
Registration date : 2013-06-05
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/22/2013, 2:02 pm | |
| - bjaeger wrote:
- i had a large (and very scary) de haani with part of its antenna missing and it was fine
(i don't know why i chose that as my first pede) Unbelievably vicious critters! They look great though, especially the S.Hardwickei. The head and antenna armor make them look like "Predator". | |
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 35
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Problem with centipede? 6/22/2013, 7:59 pm | |
| - dakuan wrote:
- bjaeger wrote:
- i had a large (and very scary) de haani with part of its antenna missing and it was fine
(i don't know why i chose that as my first pede) Unbelievably vicious critters! They look great though, especially the S.Hardwickei. The head and antenna armor make them look like "Predator". yes! they are vicious and they do look completely awesome. they are so quick. my eyes couldn't even track the movement of the pede swaying from side-to-side. i tend to handle pretty much any invert i get, but that de haani was an exception. it scared the hell out of me  next time i may start out with a less venomous species. | |
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