Scolopendra Alterans

[Dillon]

What'd you pay for that bad boy?

 

[maxident213]

What'd you pay for that bad boy?

$80, three years ago. It's moulted three times and grown about an inch in that time. I imagine it's quite old.

 

[H. laoticus]

hey sorry about bringing up an old thread, but how's the bite of these guys?

I've read that Scolopendra subspinipes can give a nasty bite so I was wondering about these.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

I also have a Haitian.But mine is a little darker and a little bigger than than
yours.Haiti has a few different types of H.Alternans and you never know
what you got until you have it for a while.Thay have a giant that will grow
9"+ or thay have a dark brown without the black bands that barely reaches
5".Thay also have a third type that looks just like that giant in color.But only
gets about 6-1/2" or maybe 7".This is the one I have.See is 6"+ and I know
it's a she.Because she laid a clutch of eggs about 6 months after I got her.
She also ate her eggs about 2 weeks after she laid them.I don't know if thay
are different because of the location thay were collected or are thay a
different sub-species.I see new imports every 2 or 3 months with 50 to 100
specimens.Each import is mix up with a couple of different kinds.The last 2
imports were the 2 smaller pedes.Hopefully the giants will come again soon.

I had babies from a "Black Haitian" female that ended up with the usual coloration at adulthood and adult size is not absolute so these examples are probably variation within the same population unrelated to geography.

 

[Galapoheros]

hey sorry about bringing up an old thread, but how's the bite of these guys?

I've read that Scolopendra subspinipes can give a nasty bite so I was wondering about these.

I came across this in the bites report section, didn't see much else there:
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=108494
I've got two william and virginia gave me as plings, almost sexually mature now and easy to take care of, don't see them much though. They have holes and bolt down at the slightest vibration. You don't have to watch for mycosis nearly as much as pedes like Scolopendra heros and Sc polymorpha since they are more used to tropical environments.