Recomended centipedes

[Haplopelma minax]

I have been interested in centipedes for a while and I was wonder if any one know some on a good non aggressive centipedes (I like BIG ones).

[t lover]

i would say Ethmostigmus Trigonopodus yellow leg or blue leg here is the link for info on the blue leg http://www.scolopendromorpha.com/c-bluering.html
and for the yellow leg
http://www.scolopendromorpha.com/c-yellowleg.html
and where to buy the yellow
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/product_inf ... e763e3d275
and the blue
http://www.kenthebugguy.com/product_inf ... e763e3d275
my favorite is the yellow leg mainly becuase of how many colors it has. and i have only had the yellow leg but it escaped and i never found it but while i had it the thing never really made a fuss when i picked it up with my tongs or when i put something in front of it but it would always chew the heads off of crickets and then just burrow down to leave it for later.

[t lover]

oh yeah the yellow leg gets 10"

[Haplopelma minax]

I think I will get the yellow leg. Hmmmmm I wonder how I will be able to pursuade my mom into geting me a centiped.

[cacoseraph]

yellow legs were almost always more nervous acting for me than blue legs. and their bite was one of the worst i ever experienced. blue legs never hurt me, even though i was bitten 50+ times

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Ive never owned a centepede ...how do u get bit 50+ times dude lol.....
do you like pet it or try to hold....

[cacoseraph]

well, when i started in the bug hobby no one really knew what the affect of different bites was (beyond subspinpes = BAD)

i wanted centipede hand pets, to compete with the tarantula hand pets... and someone has to do the hard work


as it turns out, no super clear answer was obtainable as centipedes of the same apparent species but different locality morphs had wildly, hugely different effects


for instance E. trigos: the blues seem to have no effect on me (or possibly slight local swelling after sensitization) but the yellow was hideous (and the only species to give me lymphatic reactions)
Scolopendra morsitans: the Egyptian emerald morph had no effect... but the black headed Tanzanian tiger was top three horrible




also, as far as length goes... both blues and yellow are not likely to exceed 6"BL and 8"BL would be like.... 1 in 1000 or worse odds

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeah your brave man I could never hold a centipede.!!!!
I would try to hold a crazy T before that lol.

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