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  1. 16-Sep-07, 10:25 AM #1
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    Giant Centipede and eggs

    Just a couple of pictures of one of our giant centerpedes baring her eggs.
    she is extremely aggressive at this stage .
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    awsome mate

    got any more pics?
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    lookin good, best not to take pics of her at this stage tho, needs to be kept dark and no disturbances because when feeling threatened commonly eat the eggs. How big is she?
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    interestin pic,ive never known anyone thats bred them before

    i found a very large on a while back when lookin under wood for herps
    was the biggest id seen measured max size of what size there known to grow 2
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    Yes very true hornet , I lost another clutch due to taking pics , but I like to document my projects with pics and took a risk last night .
    eggs are fine this morning

    This girl would be atleast 160 mm long
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    not a bad size, lets hope all goes well, do you mate her yourself or gravid when caught?
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    Cant be sure ,as they don't mate .

    the male leaves a parcel on the ground and the female will come along and pick it up and fertilise herself with it .

    so I got 20 centipedes and every week I rotated them in there containers .
    I have been doing that for 10 months which I had 4 with eggs .
    and one ate them due to me disturbing here with a big camera.
    so 3 left
    a lot of work
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    not sure about this species but some do actually mate.
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    I don't know much about the actual breeding process but I have witnessed 3 different 'styles'

    The male and female hold each other with their terminal legs

    The male starts walking backwards and drops a spermatophore. The female then picks it up with her mouth and inserts it herself

    The male builds a spermweb and leaves some sperm on it. The female walks over it.

    that is from a pede breeder in europe
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    these guys never touched each other , just looked at each other through there containers
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    well done mate!
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    Love ya work bylo,great pics
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    Quote Originally Posted by bylo View Post
    the male leaves a parcel on the ground and the female will come along and pick it up and fertilise herself with it .

    That doesn't sound like a whole heap of fun, remind me NOT to come back as a centipede

    Cool photos bylo!
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    great pics bylo
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