#ivory millipede

[itsdetachable]

Comfy

#pet millipede #ivory millipede #millipede #dont know which of them it is lol

[cuttledreams-creatures]

A commission for @stynamo of a hybrid design of the beautiful Purple Ivory Millipede and Giant Leopard Moth! Absolutely a challenge and worth every moment, as the patterns and colors of the two animals harmonize so well. Genuinely had so much fun working on this one.

Thank you so much for the commission!

Interesting in something like this? commissions available on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cuttledreams/commissions

#cuttledreams #commission #millipede #moth #leopard moth #ivory millipede #animal hybrid #creature design

[creepiefarm]

good afternoon tumblr, today i am politely showing you my purple ivory millipedes (Chicobolus spinigerus), Zim and Grim

they’re super goth and use each other as stools, and don’t mind being handled at all. very silly little guys

#millipede #grim the millipede #zim the millipede #purple ivory millipede #ivory millipede #chicobolus spinigerus #creepie.creatures

[littlewigglers]

The cucumber was pushed over but that isn’t stopping him.

#bug #bugs #insect #insects #millipede #millipedes #oh right yeah I got some ivory millipedes #they’re silly

[floridensis]

every time i saw a millipede yesterday i picked it up and took a picture

#Chicobolus spinigerus #florida ivory millipede #millipede #my finds

[springwill]

9.26.23- went looking for more 'pillars to no avail, but I did find world's babiest millipede, and a tiny spider I don't know the name of?

#september 26 2023 #september 2023 #september #2023 #creatures #bugs #millipedes #florida ivory millipede #spiders

[lemon-saucy]

I have aquired some pet Millipedes! They are purple ivories named Churro and Cannoli, and to my knowledge, they are both girls! Go lesbiams :)

#millipede #ivory #pets #bugs #insects #little guys #terrarium #damn tumblr is at the end of its life basically and NOW im posting lol

[mr-hearts]

Oh I neeeeeed to figure out if I have the space to get some millipedes when I go back to my dorm...

#Debating between getting pink footed bumblebee or ivory millipedes... #I know that giant african millipedes are a good starter species and I deffo plan on getting some Eventually #but I do Notttttt have the space for that right now. I can't hang shelves in my dorm #chittering

[strigops]

in such a serious quandary abt what to put in this tank. it’s a 40 gal long breeder and my mom wants it to be a terrarium and ALSO wants to set up her old fake rock water feature (fair bc it is very nice and rlly cool). so i need something that will do MINIMAL burrowing and chewing on plants, but also no species with high humidity (or temperature above room temp) requirements bc im not confident we can keep that tank humid enough for tropical species.

so. that leaves arid/temperate critters that do no or very little burrowing and munching of leaves. personally i think some land crabs would be a good fit but god are they a pain in the ass. im obviously extremely biased but i want So Badly to put a giant spider in there but im struggling to think of a tarantula that won’t see the dirt and plants and turn into a sentient ditch witch

#frogs are technically an option but god. the humidity requirements. #my mom rlly wants frogs but idk how competent either of us will be bc neither of us have had any before #the options are thus: crabs (pain in the ass) frogs (ugh humidity) scorp (also humidity. might burrow) #millipedes (will never see em unless they’re ivories and they may eat plants) #tarantula (professional Earth Mover)

[itsdetachable]

Why is my millipede living a better life than me? She's lounging on moss, on her side, and eating. She just curled up with her head on her salad. I'm jealous I want to be that comfy

#millipede #pet millipede #jersey the millipede #ivory millipede #purple ivory millipede #arthropod

[therearealiensinmyyard]

I got millipedes!!!!!

#millipedes #ivory millipedes

[crevicedwelling]

What is the harm in mixing locales?

it’s a smaller-scale, intraspecific part of an effort to not hybridize things, which results in a loss of biodiversity.

if we have ivory millipedes (Chicobolus spinigerus) from locality A and locality B, and breed them together accidentally or intentionally, the result is something that isn’t identical to either parent. maybe the hybrid can’t survive as well in the wet swamp of locality A but also doesn’t thrive in the dry sandhills of locality B.

now, if these animals are kept in captivity, their availability to live in the wild shouldn’t be a problem, since the keeper will provide them with what they need. but say a poor keeper releases them, or the species goes extinct in the wild and captive populations are used to reintroduce it to its native range, then we might see issues. for the first example, maybe the hybrids are more vigorous than the parents and the animal becomes invasive.

additionally, the taxonomy that we humans come up with isn’t biological reality. sometimes we think two animals are the same species when they aren’t, and after we realize this then we understand all our captive animals are hybrids that don’t match wild populations. the tarantula hobby is a good example of this, since curiously Brachypelma and Poecilotheria tarantulas hybridize readily within their genus. now you’ve got sellers who unwittingly offer hybrid stock, which can get mixed into the unadmixed species, some of which are endangered because of habitat loss and poaching. the result is a bunch of weird spiders that make great pets but nothing else.

in the case of people mixing pet millipedes it’s probably not going to amount to anything other than a loss of a unique form in captivity, which is partly a loss of aesthetic value and perhaps also taxonomic value (since the hybrid animals aren’t “real” species), but the animals themselves won’t necessarily suffer from it. it’s just bad form.

[murruspins]

I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABT MILLIPEDES .... 👀

I love millis so so much, I want to keep some as pets one day :0 probably an American giant millipede and maybe one or two ivory millipedes, they're both native where I am!

My favorite milli, tho, is Apheloria virginiensis, for their vibrant yellow and pink stripes and cream bellies!! They're so pretty :3

tell me abt your favorite millipedes or cool facts you have :D

HELLO!! Apheloria virginiensis really are pretty!!, however, my favourite as to be Archispirostreptus gigas, Otherwise known as the Giant African Millipede! I find them really interesting. Also, they have an impressive size!

I’m going to be calling Archispirostreptus gigas GAM for short as that’s easier to say. GAM are actually relatively easy to care for! They require a heat range of 20-24°C or 98-75°F.

Diet!

One thing to note about GAM is they’re scavengers! They commonly feast on damp and decaying or rotting wood, manure, grass clippings, and decaying fruits. In captivity, a large part of their diet consists of leaf litter and quality millipede substrate. Supplemented with millipede safe fruit and veggies ofcourse! As all millipedes do, GAM require calcium. This calcium should be either given to them by supplementing their soil, or providing cuttlefish bone for them to nibble on over time.

EXTRA !!!

• Millipedes don't have eyes; they use a pair of antennae to sense what's around them!

• GAM are small, and usually confident with handling. However, you should still be careful with holding and handling small animals!

• GAM will die if their soil becomes dry. They require damp soil as that’s how they drink! They also benefit from a small shallow water bowl. Emphasis on small & shallow!

• GAM can live up to 10 years! It’s a big commitment, but worth it in my eyes.

• Their soil must be deep enough for them to fully submerge themselves to molt.

• The body of the giant African millipede has 40 or more body segments, with four legs (two pairs) per individual segment. Each time a GAM molts, it adds one body segment with four legs!

• however being small compared to other things, they’re the largest millipede species alive. They can grow to 1 foot long!

Thank you for listening to my info dump!

#murru’s asks #murru’s rants #millipede #giant african millipede #animal care #info dump #animals #bugs

[littlewigglers]

More reds 💖

#bug #bugs #insect #insects #millipede #millipedes #these ones have been breeding a ton! #also say them breeding with an ivory so if they manage to lay eggs the babies should be cool!

[floridensis]

wonderful millipede day today!!

i went up to yamato scrub natural area, where a couple years ago an inaturalist user (jaykeller) posted some millipedes that as best as we could tell are Narceus gordanus, also known as the smokey oak millipede, at their most southern range.

i love those chunky things so ive been desperate to go see them since. today i finally made time in decent temperature to go look for them. at first i was only finding florida ivory millipedes (last four pictured, havent seen those since 2019 in miami) but after walking some distance away, my mom found a dead dried up millipede that i was certain was the kind i was looking for. we started digging in the dirt and dried plant debris and started to find just one after the other after the other in an area smaller than a coffee table

i love them. im so glad we found them. its so cool, its over an hour drive to see them but thats much closer than i thought id have to go to see them, theyre mostly in central and north florida

#my finds #yamato scrub natural area #millipede #narceus gordanus

[onenicebugperday]

Can you make a long list of millipede species? I know theres ALOT but no matter where I look on the internet I cant find any except for the basic ones (ivory, giant african, bumblebee, ect)

There are something like 12,000 described millipede species currently, so not really feasible to make a list!

But you can look at SO MANY of them with photos here on iNaturalist.

#jimmynewtonn