BugMom
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Baby Millies!OMG! I just found BABIES in my albino Narceus americanus cage! I thought they were maggots until I looked closer. I wasnt' even 100% sure my trio were mature. I counted 10 ridiculously small babies, but I'm sure there are many more under the surface. I didn't want to stir it up cuz these suckers are TINY. This is the first thing I've bred that wasn't a roach and having just read Orin's article about breeding these in Invertebrates magazine, I made a few changes in husbandry and wah-lah! When they are larger I will offer them up to you guys. I took a photo but they are so small and my camera sucks. It just looks like pieces of rice in a pile of millipede poop.  Oh well, I don't care, I'm so happy! 
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cacoseraph
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right on!
very nice looking millis and USA natives 
you can try to find a double lens magnifying glass to take pics though. it takes a bit of work to get it right but you can greatly increase the range of stuff you can take pics of once you get it down
congrats
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WBurke17
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SWEEEET, Put me on the short list when they are available..
Warren
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NBond1986
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PICS!!
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BugMom
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I'll try to get some better pics tonight, maybe more of them will be out.
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Celeste
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OMG! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Please share your secrets! I am trying to get my African Giant Black Millipedes to breed. They *mate*, but don't seem to produce babies, so I figure they don't have the right conditions.
Please post pictures when you can! Can't wait to see the little buggers! :-)
-- Celeste
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ftorres
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Hello All,
Wow, congratulations. those are really nice millipedes.
Bugmom are you attending the BBBQ? if so how many African giant Millis (males) do you need????
francisco
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BugMom
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One or two I think is enough. I have two mature females and one young one. I can't wait to see babies in that tank!
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MissMaaM
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Congrats! Let me know if you'd consider selling a few. I love that species but haven't found them very cheap online.
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BugMom
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You betcha! The babies are still pretty tiny, like I-don't-want-to-pick-you-up-cuz-I-might-squish-you tiny. I will feel more comfortable when they are at least an inch.
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MissMaaM
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My new rainbows are a little over an inch and I still feel that way.  ::lol::! How's the growth going?
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BugMom
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They are doing fabulous! Some are 3/4 of an inch. I think another batch of eggs has hatched too because I'm seeing microscopic ones again! I will hopefully be able to attend the next BBQ where I will make some of these available along with some baby scorps.
No luck yet however with the Africans. No signs of babies yet. 
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Celeste
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Well, please tell us what conditions you are keeping your albino Narceus' at. What did you change to suddenly have them start reproducing?
-- Celeste
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BugMom
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Really the only thing I changed was I decreased the ventilation. This hasn't been problematic until the last week or so, the food keeps going moldy. I don't know why, it never got moldy before. I think I might move some of the millies into a different container (the ones big enough to handle). Maybe there's just too much poop. It's impossible to change the substrate because of the many teeny tiny babies. I set up my Africans in pretty much the same conditions, but no babies yet. It's only been a couple months since Francisco's male joined my girls, though. Does anyone know how long it takes the eggs to hatch?
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