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[Topsy Turvey]

Anyone here good at IDing millipedes? I saw a bunch of them today, pretty huge bois, the longest I saw being like eight inches if I had to guess.

aaaaa millipedes! <333

I've never seen a big boi, the only ones I've found were probably 2-3" at most.
Pictures would be really cool if you have any you'd be happy to share? <3

[squamigera]

They all got put back exactly where I picked them up, including the dead one in my right hand. Also, thinking back now I'm gonna change my original guess to six or seven inches because eight seems too big? Although there were some quite a bit bigger than the ones in the pics. There were dozens of them just kinda hanging out, I'm guessing they were drinking from the little stream. This was in a desert in Southern California.

[Kleinkat]

Where my lepidopterans at?

[supremebananus]

ayy just found this forum, I have 7 tarantulas and a centipede, soon to start collecting scorpions and mantids as well!!
2x tlitocatl albopilosum
tlitocatl vagans
aphonopelma chalcodes
brachypelma hamorii
grammostola pulchra
nhandu chromatus
and the centipede, alipes grandidieri

It's great to see how many invert keepers are on here :0

and as for this,,

Anyone here good at IDing millipedes? I saw a bunch of them today, pretty huge bois, the longest I saw being like eight inches if I had to guess.

I don't know millipedes that well but maybe they're some type of tylobolus?

[squamigera]

ayy welcome!

I think you're right, im looking at pics now and they look like Tylobolus uncigerus or Tylobolus castaneus. I'm pretty sure I've seen both those species around here.



These are the ones I usually see in my yard, they're smaller and have brighter red stripes. Idk, I am so bad at identifying inverts, and google doesnt seem to like millipedes very much.

[supremebananus]

Can't believe I actually got that right haha, that's an awesome find though! There's no big millipedes around here, just small ones that like to leak acid all over the place

[Catsplat18]

My inverts:
1 giant vinegaroon
2 Chicobolus spinigerus “Florida ivory millipede”
2 Orthoporus ornatus gold morph “Sonoran desert millipede”
3 darkling beetles
A colony of Madagascar hissing cockroaches

Inverts I hope to get in the future:
Damon genus African tailless whip scorpion (D. diadema or D. medius)
Purple and salmon forms of “Florida ivory millipede”
Narceus gordanus “smoky oak millipede” - standard and yellow morph
Narceus americanus “American giant millipede” or “pink-footed millipede”
Trigoniulus corallinus “scarlet millipede”
Anadenobolus monilicornis “bumblebee millipede”
Tylobolus millipede of some kind
Simandoan cave cockroach colony (these are extinct in the wild!)
Giant cave cockroach colony
Death’s head cockroach colony
Domino cockroach colony - white and orange spotted morphs
Question mark cockroach colony
Blue death feigning beetles
Black death feinting beetle
Smooth death feigning beetle
Rough death feigning beetle
Diabolical ironclad beetle
Wooly darkling beetle
Brazilian black tarantula
Mexican pink tarantula
Common pinktoe tarantula
Martinique pinktoe tarantula

Dream inverts (rarely offered):
“Malaysian tailless whip scorpion”
Trigoniulus macropygus “flameleg millipede”
“Thai rainbow millipede”
“Vietnamese rainbow millipede”
Zopherus nodulosus haldemani “Texas ironclad beetle”

[jasps]

Hey! I've been looking to possibly get a preying mantis?

It's been lonely here and I recon the upkeep would be worth it for such a cool insect buddy.

I was looking for some species suggestions, something interesting or large would be cool, though since I'm a begginer I wouldn't want any incredibly hard to keep species. Let me know if you have any suggestions/first timer tips : )

Also, I believe my local petshop is open but if anyone's in the UK where have you been getting your crickets/larvae?

[RainysPlanet]

I have a mantis named Ariadne, im now im obsessed with them!
Im going to get a ghost and a orchard one in the future!

[Bitters]

I bought a tarantula (K. Brunnipes) on a whim almost a year ago when I was at the pet store for cat food.

She was just a tiny, almost translucent sling and has since grown to be about the diameter of a quarter (legs and all). It's been fun exploring tarantula ownership, as I've never had one before.

They really are underrated pets. She's so fuzzy and puts her cute pink legs at the top of her burrow when she's ready for more food.