Scolopendra subspinipes

I bit the bullet. Two are incoming semi adult. 17 and 19cm

Oooh thats a centipede right??? Freeky things lol

lol yes bex, i will squash one if it gets out, time being i'll take good care of these bugs :-)

Heheehe too many legs.... Waaaaay to many legs lol

uugh, i saw mine twice, when i put it in the enclosure and when it came to the surface to die. most pointless and scary thing i have ever kept.

good luck

Lol thanks.. they dig that much?

yeah, i didnt know if it was in there or not for nearly 3 years and there was no way i was going to dig it out to check.

You have no idea how fast they are until you see one in real life. Make sure you have a very escape proof enclosure. Good luck with them. Also, do you know what sub-species it is?

Nope I might say regular vietnamese one, not dehaani.. I'm not that into pedes, so I just took what I could find and scolopendra subspinipes being the easiest to get, I got those

Will be arriving somewhere next week. They're cheap as dirt!

Yeah they're fast. They also have a +100 agility exoskeleton.

But really just give it a bed of weed and a lighter haha.

They do hide all the time and I sometimes have to dig mine up to feed it.

Oh Geez................are you nuts????? LOL

you just asked if Pluto is nuts lol???

LOL

Doh!

You've love them when they turn from a complete motionless state to killer machine in a split sec! The crunching sound of crickets...has once followed me into my sleep..
You'll always be wondering if you have really locked their cage right... those BEAST..

Thanks GS...

Now I have to get one, or two, or three,...

double caging might be a good idea, just as a bit more peace of mind that its still were it should be.
perhaps a moat too?

Good luck. Been thinking of getting myself some hardwickeys but I've been able to resist so far. They are scary as hell

Bwaahh I have no experience with them, but better to get bit by these than to get stung by any Buthid I might think. These are just big worms with legs lol.

Ofcourse gonna try breeding some, although they're not too easy to breed so I heard? Anyone experience with that?

Sexing them is the hard part.

Think i can refrain from joining you with this one not tempted at all yet lol

Pluto, you happen to be buying the only pede contributed to human deaths, they are more than just big worms with legs. I would rather get stung by a Tityus than get bit by an adult Scolopendra subspinipes. (I would rather not get stung or bitten by either of them)

Thought some where quite toxic didnt realise it was the ones sam is getting he is mental

Thats why I asked the sub-species. S. subspinipes mutilans are harmless, but normal subspinipes are pretty venomous.

Street, as for sexing, I just put them together when I feel the time is right. Will see if one makes a spermweb before. If both do, I'm fooked. If none do, I'm fooked too. But at least I'll know when I join them. Ill be ready with my gloves to pull them apart lol.

The only death was from a 7yo girl that got bitten on the head and was already pretty weak. But thanks for the warning, I'm learning already!

Adult people die yearly by big numbers by scorpion stings, be it Androctonus, Parabuthus, LQ, Hottentotta tamulus, Centruroides or Tityus species. So no, I dont underestimate any of them.

If one gets naughty I feed it to a Pt. They're warned!

Either way. I'm not into them that much, but I want to learn and take good care of them. Even as ugly as they are, they deserve respect and good care for being fascinating critters.

Good to scare my nephews away too. I hate kids.