Hi..i have a question about my FireLeg Millipede..

BlizZeYerD · Oct 8, 2011

Hi i'm from Philippines, and i have a question..i can see 4 tiny beetle like in my fireleg millipede..um, i dont know what is it..but at my first impression its a tick..cause it is like a tick of dogs..but as i zoomed the picture..its not a tick for me..cause it has like hairy thingy in there legs..so im guessing it is her babies??hehe..and oh, another thing, i dont know how to distinguish the sex..can someone help me??i have some pics but i dont know if it is clear already for identifying genders...here are some pics..hope i can get some good replies...

BlizZeYerD · Oct 8, 2011

Sorry cant post all at the same time..

xhexdx · Oct 8, 2011

They're mites, and that's a male.

Elytra and Antenna · Oct 8, 2011

That's neat, none of our captive bred specimens have commensal mites unfortunately.

zonbonzovi · Oct 8, 2011

Trigoniulus macropygus?

E&A, have you seen commensal mites on many species you have raised or is it relatively rare?

Elytra and Antenna · Oct 9, 2011

Except for the AGB mite they're rather rare and when you captive breed the millipedes you usually lose the mites.

KyuZo · Oct 9, 2011

are those mites beneficial?

pavel · Oct 10, 2011

Some excellant close-ups, Bliz!

KyuZo said:
are those mites beneficial?

And to piggy back on this, how can you tell? (How to ID beneficials vs parasitic?)

BlizZeYerD · Oct 11, 2011

xhexdx said:
They're mites, and that's a male.

um, thanks!!i never think this is a mite..lol..now i know..

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Elytra and Antenna said:
That's neat, none of our captive bred specimens have commensal mites unfortunately.

Elytra and Antenna said:
Except for the AGB mite they're rather rare and when you captive breed the millipedes you usually lose the mites.

thanks!!i searched it from net and ur right..hehe..but what u mean its NEAT??
and yeah, i lose 3 out of 4 mites..hehe..only 1 left..this mites are RARE??
is this ok for the millipede??but for me, i think its ok, cause in wild millipedes always want to be in decomposing plant material and prefer dark and damp places, so mites is always there..
any advice?

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KyuZo said:
are those mites beneficial?

thats one of my question too..is these mites have something use for millipede?

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pavel said:
Some excellant close-ups, Bliz!

And to piggy back on this, how can you tell? (How to ID beneficials vs parasitic?)

Thanks pavel!!
ur question is my question too...

GUYS!!thanks again...

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zonbonzovi said:
Trigoniulus macropygus?

E&A, have you seen commensal mites on many species you have raised or is it relatively rare?

Yes ur right.. T. macropygus..

BlizZeYerD · Oct 27, 2011

i still need ur reply guys.. ^^

zonbonzovi · Oct 27, 2011

Commensal means that one creature gets something out of the relationship while the other doesn't, but isn't harmed.

The only ones I'm familiar with move quite fast and are specific to Archispirostreptus gigas. Couldn't say for sure about the ones on your millipede.

Galapoheros · Oct 27, 2011

Wait!, I can speak broken English, I really think it might help. Mite good for millipede and millipede good for mite. You should keep mites for millipede. Mite and millipede help each other, it good thing! "neat" mean "cool", "special". Nice millipede you have! Neat(cool) mite also.

beetleman · Oct 27, 2011

i like these firelegs..........very beautiful may have to get me some

KyuZo · Oct 27, 2011

yes, i'm starting to gain an appreciation for millipedes. they are only cool to watch when you have a decent colony of them.

Rex740 · Oct 28, 2011

Those types of mites are always helpful. They keep the pede healthy and clean. I used to think they don't make much of a difference but a friend of mine who wholesales millipedes noticed that the shipments of millipedes with mites end up living a bit longer than the ones without mites.

KyuZo · Oct 28, 2011

Rex740 said:
Those types of mites are always helpful. They keep the pede healthy and clean. I used to think they don't make much of a difference but a friend of mine who wholesales millipedes noticed that the shipments of millipedes with mites end up living a bit longer than the ones without mites.

that's very helpful information. I've read that fast moving mites are the good mites and the slow ones are the bad ones. at least that's what i've read anyway... so don't quote me on it.

Rex740 · Oct 29, 2011

The main difference is that the beneficial ones are the reddish/brown ones and the harmful ones are smaller and white.

BlizZeYerD · Oct 31, 2011

oh damn!!!now no mites already in my pede..

sorry for that...but thanks guys!!i appreciated it so much..but i guess E&A is right when you captive breed the millipedes you usually lose the mites.

pavel · Oct 31, 2011

Rex740 said:
The main difference is that the beneficial ones are the reddish/brown ones and the harmful ones are smaller and white.

Thanks!

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