Is this a good price?
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I would have paid that much i seen for sale for $40-$70 and you setup is looks good to.
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that sounds about right. that's usually the least that they'll go for, most of the time a little more.
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Good price
Thats a pretty decent price for Heros Castinecips. It all depends on the timing, believe me I have been lucky a couple of times and missed out as well. At a show in Arlington, Texas a year or so ago I walked in the door right after it opened and the first table to my left I saw and bought a 8" Heros Castinecips for $25.00. That was a fantastic deal!!!!! The next day I went back and found a 10" Vietnamese Giant for the same price. LUCKY< LUCY< LUCKY. So there's alot of luck involved......Still waiting to walk in on the next show and find the following all for $25.00 as well LOL
Hardwicki, Mirabilis, Isreal, Maxima, Gigantea etc.....Good Luck and keep plugging away
Thats a pretty decent price for Heros Castinecips. It all depends on the timing, believe me I have been lucky a couple of times and missed out as well. At a show in Arlington, Texas a year or so ago I walked in the door right after it opened and the first table to my left I saw and bought a 8" Heros Castinecips for $25.00. That was a fantastic deal!!!!! The next day I went back and found a 10" Vietnamese Giant for the same price. LUCKY< LUCY< LUCKY. So there's alot of luck involved......Still waiting to walk in on the next show and find the following all for $25.00 as well LOL
Hardwicki, Mirabilis, Isreal, Maxima, Gigantea etc.....Good Luck and keep plugging away
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Got carried away and forgot
I got carried away with the deals, I honestly forgot why I was gonna post a reply to your thread! WHERE'S THE WATER DISH? Please don't forget to include a water bowl/dish for that great looking Pede! Besides the correct type of bedding, the most important thing to have in there. Good Luck Again, Martin
I got carried away with the deals, I honestly forgot why I was gonna post a reply to your thread! WHERE'S THE WATER DISH? Please don't forget to include a water bowl/dish for that great looking Pede! Besides the correct type of bedding, the most important thing to have in there. Good Luck Again, Martin
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Hi,
Heteropoda maxima is a huntsman spider, that's why I am confused.
Regards,
Turgut
Heteropoda maxima is a huntsman spider, that's why I am confused.
Regards,
Turgut
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They are 2 different Centipede species, I was conducting a "Google search" and found under: India Nature Watch, what appears or looks to be a Hardwicki, named Scolopendra Maxima. Noted colors are red & blue. Also searching under the AB pics section found a Scolopendra Israel, with the beautiful blue's and red's in colloration. Both extremely attractive species. Would love to locate some of the formentioned in my previous thread here in the USA. They seem to be difficult to locate and I am not sure if they have ever been avaliable.....Probably something to look forward to in the future. I hope that cleared that up and thanks, Martin
They are 2 different Centipede species, I was conducting a "Google search" and found under: India Nature Watch, what appears or looks to be a Hardwicki, named Scolopendra Maxima. Noted colors are red & blue. Also searching under the AB pics section found a Scolopendra Israel, with the beautiful blue's and red's in colloration. Both extremely attractive species. Would love to locate some of the formentioned in my previous thread here in the USA. They seem to be difficult to locate and I am not sure if they have ever been avaliable.....Probably something to look forward to in the future. I hope that cleared that up and thanks, Martin
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Hi,
"Scolopendra maxima" and "Scolopendra Israel" are invalid species names.
You can look up the first one here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=117239
It's just a Scolopendra hardwickei.
And the one from Israel you mean could be this:
http://necrowxrst.files.wordpress.c...dra-cingulata-var-obscuripes-jerusalem-02.jpg
It's a juvenile speciman of Scolopendra cingulata var. obscuriceps.
It looks like that when it's adult:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2486/eggs006yh2.jpg
I keep both - would say that the obscuriceps is even more difficult to purchase - especially in USA.
Regards,
Turgut
"Scolopendra maxima" and "Scolopendra Israel" are invalid species names.
You can look up the first one here:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=117239
It's just a Scolopendra hardwickei.
And the one from Israel you mean could be this:
http://necrowxrst.files.wordpress.c...dra-cingulata-var-obscuripes-jerusalem-02.jpg
It's a juvenile speciman of Scolopendra cingulata var. obscuriceps.
It looks like that when it's adult:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2486/eggs006yh2.jpg
I keep both - would say that the obscuriceps is even more difficult to purchase - especially in USA.
Regards,
Turgut
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Greetings back to you from Texas
Turgut,
Looks like you hit the nail on the head (sorta speak). Those are indeed both of the species I was talking about. I had an idea the Maxima was a misinformed Hardwicki, and the Israel looks the same only a little lighter in the blues. Probably because thats a younger pede. Thanks for clearing that up!
By the way what parts of Germany are you located? Many years ago my father was in the Air Force and we were stationed in Germany. Bitburg, Ramstein and Sembach. I attended High School at Baumholder. have fond memiories of your country and especially the trips down the Rhine river.... LETS NOT FORGET THE GREAT WINE!!!!!Pomfrits, Bratswurst, Brochen etc...probably misspelled a word or 2 sorry!
Take Care and have a great day, Martin
Turgut,
Looks like you hit the nail on the head (sorta speak). Those are indeed both of the species I was talking about. I had an idea the Maxima was a misinformed Hardwicki, and the Israel looks the same only a little lighter in the blues. Probably because thats a younger pede. Thanks for clearing that up!
By the way what parts of Germany are you located? Many years ago my father was in the Air Force and we were stationed in Germany. Bitburg, Ramstein and Sembach. I attended High School at Baumholder. have fond memiories of your country and especially the trips down the Rhine river.... LETS NOT FORGET THE GREAT WINE!!!!!Pomfrits, Bratswurst, Brochen etc...probably misspelled a word or 2 sorry!
Take Care and have a great day, Martin
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I would just like to point out that IME exoterra is not worth a plug nickel for centipedes.
Small peeds like your can probably get out thru the vent holes in the front or thru the slots in the top where hoses are supposed to go.
Just an escape waiting to happen if you ask me ...
ANYWAY your peed looks to be around 4-5" maybe???
pretty thin looking yet. SO i would get it in a rubber maid container or something. you wont even need a lid to keep it in there. just be sure the sides are not too low. and don't build it up so high for it to get out.
ALSO I find these in the wild under rocks, and in cracks in bedrock. HINT HINT.
If you keep them too moist they get foot rot. to dry they dehydrate. I generally keep them dry except for a water dish and a little dampness under the rock.
Small peeds like your can probably get out thru the vent holes in the front or thru the slots in the top where hoses are supposed to go.
Just an escape waiting to happen if you ask me ...
ANYWAY your peed looks to be around 4-5" maybe???
pretty thin looking yet. SO i would get it in a rubber maid container or something. you wont even need a lid to keep it in there. just be sure the sides are not too low. and don't build it up so high for it to get out.
ALSO I find these in the wild under rocks, and in cracks in bedrock. HINT HINT.
If you keep them too moist they get foot rot. to dry they dehydrate. I generally keep them dry except for a water dish and a little dampness under the rock.
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Only a pede the size of an otostigmus pedeling could go out of the vent holes and that would have to happen if you put 10 cm of soil to even reach it.
Plus the cable holes do close.
they close but leave an opening. also the vent holes are plenty large enough for a castaniceps to escape from just ask my 4" one if you can find it lol not only that the doors do not always meet tightly and another place for it to escape.
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i consider them to be useless for pedes. not to mention they are not shaped properly for them either. BUT then again I do try to put them as close as to how i found them as possible. Like under a rock lol
but hey. No there isn't a flaw in it just that they are not made for things like centipedes lol