Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:00 am Post subject: EXO: Scolopendra subspinipes "Thai Jewel"
Here is the pretty pede that I purchased from Krazy8s (Chris) at the SCABIES BBQ. This is also the little fiend that gave Andrew a bit if a scare after he was tagged by it while helping me get the darned thing out from inside my shirt. It seemed to like my armpit ...not especially the best place to get tagged by some exotic centipede.
I was handling all of the pedes that Chris brought along ..fantastic pedes.. I wanted them all. I almost missed this one though...kinda got lost amongst all the other inverts Chris had displayed. I opened this one up and started playing with it and I knew right away it was about to have a new owner. I came to the BBQ with an invert budget of $0 (promised myself I wouldnt buy anything ) ...so I end up with the most pricey pede.
Chris informed me that this may be one of a kind at least when it comes to what he has seen being imported in. Andrew thinks it looks like a "Blacktip". I know very little about pedes, so I will be curious to see if an accurate ID can be made.
So, I finally got myself an exotic pede and Andrew finally got the "life threatening" pede envenomation that he has been so desperately searching for. :wink: Perfect!
Tonight figured I'd give it another go, but the damn thing was being a spastic little demon. Gave it a roach and it got distracted enough for me to manipulate it on to me. Though, even while chewing away, it still displayed crazy defensive manuevers.
Fast, spunky and very aware of whats going on around it!
i love it......... _________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein
i have a giant Cherry Leg here at home that is about 1 1/2 times as large, and double the girth......if you'd like to come and try handling it.
yeah yeah......everyone's going to make fun of that sentence as a gay sexual innuendo. go ahead.
anyway, my monster tagged me too....but not as bad as andrew, since it only got one "jaw" in me, and i pulled away fast enough. but it hurt like a b*tch _________________ -Neshan W. Sarkisian
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"I just cant <EDIT> without a roach in my mouth"
-Cacoseraph
dang, the more i look at those pics the more i think you made a good decision getting that thing. FREAKIN pretty!
When u mentioned Indo blacktip I found some images someone posted ...i THINK it was at ATS (??) ...those along with the links you posted make me think that it could very well be the same sub-specie even if it was collected from a different area.
Mines blacker (head, tail and even the legs) but other than that I cant see any difference ...its tough (if not slightly on the side of impossible) to judge things like this using pics.
Could be an interesting and maybe worthy goal to ID this pretty pede.
I got to build a nice display enclosure for this one.
Anyway...
Ive always been extremely interested in centipedes ...more than Ts and WAY more than scorps.
I wish my largish scolopocryptop I caught along the river didnt croak. Bummed me out. Gotta get out there again sometime ...damn..wish it could be springtime for at least half the year!
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crazy thing. i love it. awesome purchase Steven!
Actually a decent amount of cash for a small pet ...and hell, like I stated above, I wasnt going to allow myself an invert purchase but what the hey, the thing blew me away. Wish I would have also taken the adult and babies he had there for $70 ...those freaky little blue headed ones ...mommy was beautiful, but her young really freaked me out.
i have the same pede steven , (i think )its a Thai Giant or Haitan Black centipede. Mine is only about 3 inches though. And its black back is just starting to get tan, the legs are already tiger-like since i got him a few months ago. i love the name Thai Jewel
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It seemed to like my armpit ...not especially the best place to get tagged by some exotic centipede.
) ...so I end up with the most pricey pede. 
:wink: Perfect!
