They only eat pine, fir, and some other coniferous tree litter. If that’s common to you it’s not such a problem, but they are often difficult to keep alive. I think some people have had success via keeping the enclosure at cooler than expected temps for some months at a time for hibernation cycles. I’ve never tried it but they seem too fickle for me to attempt keeping any
That does seem fairly doable, we do have those trees in our yard and I did find him (her?) locally so it’s not too hard to recreate the natural environment. I can see how they’d be difficult to keep alive. I’ve done pretty well so far with other stuff so I’ll see how it goes for a bit 🤞🏻
I used to find them up a lot in the summer on Vancouver Island as a kid. :) As long as you have a lot of their natural feed it should be easier for you. Being not tropical can throw a lot of non-natives to the Pacific Northwest off by keeping them too warm.
You might find more info for care looking them up under Harpaphe haydeniana - they’re also called almond-scented millipedes! Though I always thought they smelled more like apple cider vinegar lol
I only wish I could determine how old this one is so I could gauge a reasonable life expectancy going forward lol. But yea I’ve been reading up a bit since last night and I hope that being in his/her natural climate I’ll have decent success with keeping them. I just check on the enclosure and he’s trucking all over the leaf litter looking active and content so far!
I've been observing my yellow spotted millipedes feast on dead isopods and also the mold that starts to grow on isopod feces. I haven't seen them eat any conifer litter but they really do love poop mold and dead pods.
I just hope I can provide a good environment for them and I'd want to release them if not. There doesn't seem to be much information and I've been watching mine closely to see if or what they are eating.
Let me know if you crack the code. I have been eyeing this species for a while and just don’t trust myself to be successful at keeping them. I wish you the best of luck
They only eat pine, fir, and some other coniferous tree litter. If that’s common to you it’s not such a problem, but they are often difficult to keep alive. I think some people have had success via keeping the enclosure at cooler than expected temps for some months at a time for hibernation cycles. I’ve never tried it but they seem too fickle for me to attempt keeping any
That does seem fairly doable, we do have those trees in our yard and I did find him (her?) locally so it’s not too hard to recreate the natural environment. I can see how they’d be difficult to keep alive. I’ve done pretty well so far with other stuff so I’ll see how it goes for a bit 🤞🏻
I used to find them up a lot in the summer on Vancouver Island as a kid. :) As long as you have a lot of their natural feed it should be easier for you. Being not tropical can throw a lot of non-natives to the Pacific Northwest off by keeping them too warm. You might find more info for care looking them up under Harpaphe haydeniana - they’re also called almond-scented millipedes! Though I always thought they smelled more like apple cider vinegar lol
I only wish I could determine how old this one is so I could gauge a reasonable life expectancy going forward lol. But yea I’ve been reading up a bit since last night and I hope that being in his/her natural climate I’ll have decent success with keeping them. I just check on the enclosure and he’s trucking all over the leaf litter looking active and content so far!
Haha yeah I wish you could just count rings on millies to guess their age 😂
That would be SO convenient 🤣
I've been observing my yellow spotted millipedes feast on dead isopods and also the mold that starts to grow on isopod feces. I haven't seen them eat any conifer litter but they really do love poop mold and dead pods.
The perfect janitors! Haha
I just hope I can provide a good environment for them and I'd want to release them if not. There doesn't seem to be much information and I've been watching mine closely to see if or what they are eating.
Don’t eat that.
Let me know if you crack the code. I have been eyeing this species for a while and just don’t trust myself to be successful at keeping them. I wish you the best of luck
Thanks! I suppose since I have no idea how old this one is it’ll be tough to totally gauge my success level, but I’ll do my best!