house centipede / Scutigera coleoptrata

[Kaddock]

wow, nice centipede

Thanks! She (I've decided ) is very well mannered.

 

[ABbuggin]

I've managed to catch a few of these before, they are very very fast!!!

 

[Orin]

Hi Kaddpk. To sex 'em, you go by the "pilosity of the ultimate legs." It's true : http://www.scolopendra.be/breeding.phpI think that your guy may be sluggish because he's still digesting his last meal!

That website is for a different family. Actually Scutigerids are the only family that's easy to sex. Females have an ovipositor. If it just ate two crickets a few days ago I agree it may simply not be hungry, however it sounds odd that it is sluggish.

 

[PeterF]

Any chance of keeping these together? They live "together" in the boiler room, I thought maybe they would be ok in the same cage.

 

[Kaddock]

Peter,

I'm not sure. Unfortunately, mine was crushed by the decor in it's enclosure.