Giant Centipede Handling - Page 4

cacoseraph · 09-20-2005, 09:45 AM

some more work from my buddy.

he tells me this centipede isn't *quite* as huge as it looks... but it's a crazy picture at any rate

King of Heros:

prang11 · 09-21-2005, 12:40 AM

Isnt huge... That things has to be atleast 10". I might have to get a pede at the up coming show this next weekend.

danread · 09-21-2005, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prang11

Isnt huge... That things has to be atleast 10". I might have to get a pede at the up coming show this next weekend.

I'd say more like 6" -7", it makes them look a lot bigger when they are on your hand! This pede was only about 23cm.

jürgen · 09-21-2005, 12:19 PM

Hey!

this pede is dead.

not very actionly :-)

regards J.

danread · 09-21-2005, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jürgen

Hey!

this pede is dead.

not very actionly :-)

regards J.

Yup, it most definfitely is! Sorry, i forgot to make that clear, that pic has been posted a few times in the past and i forget there are new members on the forum. I'm not stupid/brave enough to hold that pede, when it was alive it would have bitten me for even looking at it!

Captante · 09-21-2005, 01:10 PM

Funny how the closer they get to your skin the bigger they look!

cacoseraph · 09-23-2005, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danread

I'd say more like 6" -7", it makes them look a lot bigger when they are on your hand! This pede was only about 23cm.

i hope you preserved that monster in something cool... sucks to have them die, but at least you can still look at them

right now i've just been putting everything in alcohol storage... but i want to cast them in resin blocks like i've seen some ppl do

cacoseraph · 10-03-2005, 11:59 AM

check this out!
someone else holding a subspinipes!

post#1
post#2

so of course, now i have to get a similar sized subspinipes (NOT going to hold my 7" biggun, not yet...)

cacoseraph · 10-03-2005, 03:42 PM

greetings, i threw together a little mini-chart on the species i have handled, to date

there are probably a couple more i have forgotten, and i will surely be adding to this list until the day i die (heh, however i go, it *should* prove to be interesting

)

Code:

Genus		species			#indiv	#times #hardbites

Neon Blue Leg				1	2	0
Alipes		sp.			3	5	0	(red feathertail)
Scolopendra	cingulata		4	10	0	(egyptian emerald)
Scolopendra	heros castaniceps	1	1	0
Ethmostigmus	trigonopodus		3	10	0	(Tanzanian bluering leg)
Scolopendra 	polymorpha		~30	~150	1
Eastern Bark(?)				1	5	0

cacoseraph · 10-04-2005, 11:03 AM

links!

from tarantulaspiders.com
off centipedgallery
Scolopendra valida

person has the centipede in a restraining hold. interesting. i picked up my very first centipede ever (S.polymorpha) similar to this way

suprised i didn't get bit, as i missed and grabbed it right about in the middle

brigebane · 12-02-2005, 10:04 PM

Me handling a recently aquired S. subspinipes (hatian) no he wasn't cold.

Randolph XX() · 12-02-2005, 10:33 PM

again, Haitians are not Sc.subspinipes but Sc. alternans
just check the terminal legs

brigebane · 12-03-2005, 02:56 PM

Again? I wasn't notified through e-mail of the mighty taxonomic changes. Thanks for making me privey to that information.

Billy Norton · 12-04-2005, 12:26 AM

I have only been bitten once,it was a large subspinipes. The bite was entirely my fault. i tried to pull it from where it was trying to retreat. I wouldn't say that the pede was aggressive merely defensive. I have handled several since that time with no problems. How ever as I am sure you know they can be very unpredictable and fast. My bite is in the centipede bite section.
I understand your desire to handle you pet scolopendra as I sometimes have the urge to do also. As I said subspinipes is the only species that I have had the experience of being bitten by. But I must tell you if you handle one and goof up prepare for major pain.
Have fun.
Billy

danread · 12-05-2005, 05:42 AM

Hi Billy,

Your bite report was the first subspinipes bite report that i've ever read when i was first getting into keeping pedes, and it gave me some good warning about how painful a pede bite could be. I think it was a good introduction to the hobby, and started me off with a very healthy respect for all of my larger pedes. So recieving the bite wasn't completely in vain

Cheers,

09-20-2005, 09:45 AM	#46
cacoseraph ArachnoGod Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Bernardino, (southern) california Posts: 6,792	some more work from my buddy. he tells me this centipede isn't quite as huge as it looks... but it's a crazy picture at any rate King of Heros: __________________ caveat emptor: i am not a doctor nor do i hold any degrees in anything... so i could be wrong MY: photoBucket \| website \| centipedes: USA State index Handling: pics videos! Southern California Invert Society SCABIES ~ SILVER IS THE NEXT BLUE!!! . . . . . . . zenom . . . . . . .

09-21-2005, 12:40 AM	#47
prang11 Arachnobaron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Corvallis, Oregon Posts: 368	Isnt huge... That things has to be atleast 10". I might have to get a pede at the up coming show this next weekend. __________________ Andrew

09-21-2005, 12:19 PM	#49
jürgen Arachnoknight Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austria/Kärnten/Reifnitz Posts: 173 My Mood:	Hey! this pede is dead. not very actionly :-) regards J. __________________ I only understand railstation www.scolopendra.eu

09-21-2005, 01:10 PM	#51
Captante Arachnoknight Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 153	Funny how the closer they get to your skin the bigger they look! __________________ The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so." - Mark Twain

10-03-2005, 11:59 AM	#53
cacoseraph ArachnoGod Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Bernardino, (southern) california Posts: 6,792	SUBSPINIPES (links to posts with pics, not me) check this out! someone else holding a subspinipes! post#1 post#2 so of course, now i have to get a similar sized subspinipes (NOT going to hold my 7" biggun, not yet...) __________________ caveat emptor: i am not a doctor nor do i hold any degrees in anything... so i could be wrong MY: photoBucket \| website \| centipedes: USA State index Handling: pics videos! Southern California Invert Society SCABIES ~ SILVER IS THE NEXT BLUE!!! . . . . . . . zenom . . . . . . .

10-03-2005, 03:42 PM	#54
cacoseraph ArachnoGod Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Bernardino, (southern) california Posts: 6,792	species i've handled greetings, i threw together a little mini-chart on the species i have handled, to date there are probably a couple more i have forgotten, and i will surely be adding to this list until the day i die (heh, however i go, it should prove to be interesting ) Code: Genus species #indiv #times #hardbites Neon Blue Leg 1 2 0 Alipes sp. 3 5 0 (red feathertail) Scolopendra cingulata 4 10 0 (egyptian emerald) Scolopendra heros castaniceps 1 1 0 Ethmostigmus trigonopodus 3 10 0 (Tanzanian bluering leg) Scolopendra polymorpha ~30 ~150 1 Eastern Bark(?) 1 5 0 __________________ caveat emptor: i am not a doctor nor do i hold any degrees in anything... so i could be wrong MY: photoBucket \| website \| centipedes: USA State index Handling: pics videos! Southern California Invert Society SCABIES ~ SILVER IS THE NEXT BLUE!!! . . . . . . . zenom . . . . . . .

10-04-2005, 11:03 AM	#55
cacoseraph ArachnoGod Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sand Bernardino, (southern) california Posts: 6,792	links! from tarantulaspiders.com off centipedgallery Scolopendra valida person has the centipede in a restraining hold. interesting. i picked up my very first centipede ever (S.polymorpha) similar to this way suprised i didn't get bit, as i missed and grabbed it right about in the middle __________________ caveat emptor: i am not a doctor nor do i hold any degrees in anything... so i could be wrong MY: photoBucket \| website \| centipedes: USA State index Handling: pics videos! Southern California Invert Society SCABIES ~ SILVER IS THE NEXT BLUE!!! . . . . . . . zenom . . . . . . .

12-02-2005, 10:04 PM	#56
brigebane Arachnoprince Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,066	Me handling a recently aquired S. subspinipes (hatian) no he wasn't cold. __________________ "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." (H.P. Lovecraft) "Not just a bug, but a primordial example of evolutionary prowess." Caught in the Web Last edited by brigebane; 04-09-2006 at 08:01 PM.

12-02-2005, 10:33 PM	#57
Randolph XX() Arachnoprince Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mars Posts: 1,459	again, Haitians are not Sc.subspinipes but Sc. alternans just check the terminal legs __________________ R A N D O L P H # 2 0 There are no stupid questions but just stupid people

12-03-2005, 02:56 PM	#58
brigebane Arachnoprince Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,066	Again? I wasn't notified through e-mail of the mighty taxonomic changes. Thanks for making me privey to that information. __________________ "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." (H.P. Lovecraft) "Not just a bug, but a primordial example of evolutionary prowess." Caught in the Web

12-04-2005, 12:26 AM	#59
Billy Norton Arachnopeon Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Rockford MN Posts: 10	Handling scolopendra. I have only been bitten once,it was a large subspinipes. The bite was entirely my fault. i tried to pull it from where it was trying to retreat. I wouldn't say that the pede was aggressive merely defensive. I have handled several since that time with no problems. How ever as I am sure you know they can be very unpredictable and fast. My bite is in the centipede bite section. I understand your desire to handle you pet scolopendra as I sometimes have the urge to do also. As I said subspinipes is the only species that I have had the experience of being bitten by. But I must tell you if you handle one and goof up prepare for major pain. Have fun. Billy __________________ Billy

12-05-2005, 05:42 AM	#60
danread Arachnoprince Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,713	Hi Billy, Your bite report was the first subspinipes bite report that i've ever read when i was first getting into keeping pedes, and it gave me some good warning about how painful a pede bite could be. I think it was a good introduction to the hobby, and started me off with a very healthy respect for all of my larger pedes. So recieving the bite wasn't completely in vain Cheers, __________________ Dan. See my photos here

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