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DavidRS

EXO: SoI: Thereuopoda - Molt & A Surprise!

I caught my Malaysian arboreal centipede, Thereuopoda sp. in mid-molt. She was hanging by her rear legs:


Here is my sweetheart:


And the exuvia. You will notice it doesn't fold up accordion-style as in Scolodendras:


Now you are wondering why I said "she". What at first looked like lateralis nymphs, were actually babies!! I separated 25 so far, with more in the substrate:


There are many eggs still scattered on the substrate, which hopefully will hatch. Unlike Scolopendras, these just scatter eggs willy-nilly:


Gearheart, "The Cutting Edge of Arachnoculture", yeah right, bite me! Hahaha.
Pulk

AWESOME!!!

Are you going to sell any of the babies?
DavidRS

Pulk wrote:
AWESOME!!!

Are you going to sell any of the babies?
Not yet. I want them to start eating and see how many I end up with.
Pulk

DavidRS wrote:
Pulk wrote:
AWESOME!!!

Are you going to sell any of the babies?
Not yet. I want them to start eating and see how many I end up with.


well, yeah.
Celeste

She's *GORGEOUS*!

David,

your centipede is *GORGEOUS*! She resembles the little ones I find around the house here, but much larger!

Please do let us know if you decide to sell any babies, because I would certainly be interested in them, too!

-- Celeste
ftorres

Arboreal centepide

HEllo david,
Congratulations, I would like to see your girl to compare her with mine.
I got the last 2 from Chris, hopefully I can be as lucky as you are and get some babies.
Prehaps we will see some available at the raffle table at the next BBQ

Do you have pics of your set up?

I also need to know the following

Which temp do you keep her?

Humidity?

Lighting?

food?

how often?

thanks David.
What

David, If you end up selling/trading any of the pedelings please let me know. I would LOVE to have a few of these.
DavidRS

Re: Arboreal centipede

ftorres wrote:
HEllo david,
Congratulations, I would like to see your girl to compare her with mine.
I got the last 2 from Chris, hopefully I can be as lucky as you are and get some babies.
Prehaps we will see some available at the raffle table at the next BBQ

Do you have pics of your set up?

I also need to know the following

Which temp do you keep her?

Humidity?

Lighting?

food?

how often?

thanks David.


I keep her in a tall, approx gallon-size clear plastic container with many small ventilation holes and a full-length piece of cork bark. Don't plan on seeing any being raffled, I see another week-long vacation paid for by these, remember, I'm a cheap Jew-bastard. Cool Let me know if you want come see her and compare with yours. Only $6 for adults, $4 kids 12 & under (just kidding).

1. Normal room temperature as the rest of my inverts, high 60's to low 80's.
2. I keep the substrate damp and mist the enclosure once or twice a week.
3. Normal ambient room lighting, although hidden in a bookshelf.
4. The usual invert food items about the size of an adult cricket 1X a week, or so.
Ronin

That is a sight to see. Congrats David. If you end up w/more than enough, put me down on the list.
ftorres

Hello David,
Cool, so you keep her in the same container you got her in.
I keep mine in the same type of container.

I agree with you, they better pay another vacation, perhaps you can help many more senoritas looking for a daddy. As far as a suitable suit perhaps Eve's suit will be the best and most confortable. Don't forget the pictures please.

I would love to make some time and see your lady and I can take mine to compare them.
francisco
Habibi18

OMG! That is beautiful! I've never seen one like it or that big for that matter. We only get the regular brown smaller ones around my house every now and then. Lucky.


DavidRS

Habibi18 wrote:
OMG! That is beautiful! I've never seen one like it or that big for that matter.
I don't think a week goes by that I don't hear that. It's even more impressive in person.
Habibi18

DavidRS wrote:
Habibi18 wrote:
OMG! That is beautiful! I've never seen one like it or that big for that matter.
It's even more impressive in person.


I would imagine that!

DavidRS

I got a better pic of a baby:
Habibi18

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Kawaii!

DavidRS

Habibi18 wrote:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Kawaii!
No, from Malaysia :wink:
Pulk

DavidRS wrote:
I got a better pic of a baby:


Ha! It just barely has more legs than a cricket!

Pathetic.
DavidRS

Pulk wrote:
Ha! It just barely has more legs than a cricket!

Pathetic.
Ha! It's going to cost you six months allowance if you want one. Laughing Laughing
Pulk

DavidRS wrote:
Pulk wrote:
Ha! It just barely has more legs than a cricket!

Pathetic.
Ha! It's going to cost you six months allowance if you want one. Laughing Laughing


That's... that's... free!

Thanks!!
Jules

Major cograts David. She is one awesome mama!!

She is an abdolutely gorgeous pede!

That little one is so darn cute. i found it interesting they only have eight legs to start out with. You'll have to keep taking pics as they grow.

Does that species burrow like other pedes?

Edit: okay - i'm lame i just looked at your pic of the mom again and saw that it is an arboreal pede. Shows how little i know about pedes. Is she usually out in the open where you can see her?
Steven

How many young did she produce?


I saw a local one run under my feet and behind our garbage cans a few weeks ago ...one that would ALMOST give yours a run for the money in the size department. I gave a little effort to chase after it, but its like chasing greased lightning playing hide n'seek.

They dont live long ...or they dont live long in captivity. I had a very large local for a couple months and then she just stopped moving and died. Others I tried keeping died much quicker.

I am VERY curious to see how you do with these.
And.. I would be first in line for offspring ...allowance in hand. Wink
DavidRS

Pulk wrote:
That's... that's... free!

Thanks!!
Yes, they are Free!!! (with the purchase of a specially priced Thornton commemorative vial)

Jules wrote:
Is she usually out in the open where you can see her?
There is one long piece of corkbark in her enclosure which she hides behind, but I just rotate the container and she will slowly walk back to the other side.
DavidRS

My baby 'pedes, whom I love more than life itself, are starting to molt into 2nd instar. They have an additional segment and another pair of legs.

I would take a pic, but I lost one the last time I photographed one. It is still either in, on, or under my bed. Any young ladies that want a free 'pede feel free to get under the covers and just wait for it to find you. I'm sure you will feel something go up your leg in a short period of time.

Steven wrote:
How many young did she produce?
So far, I have separated 30, with a fair number more hiding amongst the substrate. There are also numerous unhatched eggs, which hopefully will be hatching. Interesting note, the babies are of a purplish color, and most, but not all of the unhatched eggs are the same color. I am hopeful that the purple eggs are viable.
DavidRS

I was hoping that this was an unknown species, as I wanted it named Thereuopoda davidi in my honor. Cool But, from my limited research these are most likely Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793)

It does appear that this is a first in the U.S. http://www.atshq.org/forum/showpost.php?p=91738&postcount=23
ftorres

Hello All,
David,
My two House centis molted, I am still hoping they hold the eggs as their cousins scolopendras.

How are your babies doing?

ftorres
DavidRS

ftorres wrote:
Hello All,
David,
My two House centis molted, I am still hoping they hold the eggs as their cousins scolopendras.

How are your babies doing?

ftorres
It would be impossible that yours would lay viable eggs because of the fact that I have the first and only captive raised babies of this genus. I put the "edge" in "The Cutting Edge" of invertaculture.

My babies, which are the only captive-raised offspring of this genus ever produced in the U.S. (just in case I forgot to mention it) are doing well, mostly at 2nd instar. I am raising a group of 4 or 5 communally to confirm my feeling that these are tolerant of each other.

Since I've spearheaded the culture of this genus, it is my obligation to the hobby to ascertain the definative husbandry of this very rare and heretofore unknown centipede. As opposed to many others in my position, I will price the few specimens that will eventually be for sale very fair, considering their rarity, my extensive research and my peerless knowledge of invertebrates.

You have probably realized that I am purposely not over-hyping these just to generate interest and higher prices when they become available to sell. I consider it more of my gift to the hobby and the world.
Ronin

Hear Hear!
DavidRS

They are getting to 3rd instar now and eating wingless fruitflies. They should be able to handle pinhead crickets wih no problem, either. I may start to advertize them on one forum, and may seem a bit expensive, but no matter what I end up getting for them, SCABIES will always get 25% off of what I advertize them at.

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