Few Pede pics

[richoman_3]

ew steve these are my worst shots, took these ages ago .... every forum has room for inverts .. good luck on your trip !

nah never been bitten

 

[Shotta]

whoa some nice photos there,they some crazy critters there,do centipedes/millipedes bite?
thanks for sharing and have a merry xmas

 

[richoman_3]

Yeah pedes bite, meant to be bloody painful ...
millipedes just spray stinky crap on you !

 

[Bananapeel]

What kind of sizes do they reach in captivity?

 

[Reptiles4me]

Good to here you have never been bitten ,I haven't either but I don't keep them I catch the wild ones around my house and move them about 1km away so my mum doesn't try to kill them. I really want one of those giant millipedes that reach around 25cm. A pet store near port fairy had them but they got sold within the hour and by the time I got there all they had left ,invertebrate wise, was Sydney funnel web spiders ,mind you I got there nearly 2 days after they went on sale. Great pics of the pedes they look spectacular ,I think I will get into the millipedes just because the others do bite and from what I have heard they really heart.

 

[Xeaal]

Well these are.. um.. terrifying But the photos are lovely and I have to admit, the colours of these are really amazing. I don't know anything about these and I sure as heck wouldn't want one for a pet - BUT the photos are wonderful and I would definitely love to see more of them in photographs - very surprised at how beautiful are different the colours are. Great work.

 

[richoman_3]

What kind of sizes do they reach in captivity?

They all vary, the biggest ones are ethmostigmus rubripes which can attain sizes of 25cm +
Scolopendra morsitans can get around 20cm sometimes too, but they are very variable, some forms only get to 4cm !

 

[Bananapeel]

Thanks mate. very cool critters!

 

[Chicken]

Poor things get fed every 6 months and are in 1l plastic tubs.. LOL nick

 

[Gonemad]

In was bitten by one on the arm while leaning on a Cooper log fence 11 yrs ago when I was pregnant with my daughter talk about nasty sting and headache to match the creepy little suckers, I Remember the pain like it was yesterday. Great photos though.