I've already posted these guys over on arachnoboards.com and I have a bit of an idea of what they are. Anyways, I'm just now getting into millipedes and have been keeping the occasional mantis on and off for a few years now. Currently I have about 8 chinese mantis but will be getting 5 ghosts and 2 giant asian mantis this weekend as well as 2 bumble bee millipedes, 2 scarlet millipedes, 1 florida ivory, and 1 oregon (forgot the latin name..they're a black/smokey grey color)...I also have been collecting jumping spiders around the house.
Anyways, today I was outside looking under the large garden rocks we have in my back yard. FYI: I live in Pensacola, FL and live on almost 3 acres of mostly wooded areas. These guys were in a smallish not-quite garden (has some elephant ears and some random plants..but mostly dead leaves/mulch)... and found several of these little guys. Some are more pale than others..one is almost completely white but looks the same as the others...mostly the same size. I've been told they're possibly Eurymerodesmus sp. , Dicellarius sp. , or Pleuroloma .....most of the consensus is on the Dicellarius sp.. I'd like to find out for sure and if they are safe to handle. (I'm fairly new to millipedes, but I did do my research in that some can put off a liquid or something that could hurt) I'd also like to know if its possible to mix them in with the millipedes I'm getting this weekend or if they should be kept separate. I have about six or seven and they seem really common in my yard.
Also, I plan to get more images later...I went to get some more and when I turned over some of the leaf litter I put in their temporary holding container (I have a bigger set-up for the ones I'm waiting on..but I don't want to move them in or not)...I saw that two of them had already started mating so I wasn't going to disturb them!
Any and all info is definitely helpful.
Anyways, today I was outside looking under the large garden rocks we have in my back yard. FYI: I live in Pensacola, FL and live on almost 3 acres of mostly wooded areas. These guys were in a smallish not-quite garden (has some elephant ears and some random plants..but mostly dead leaves/mulch)... and found several of these little guys. Some are more pale than others..one is almost completely white but looks the same as the others...mostly the same size. I've been told they're possibly Eurymerodesmus sp. , Dicellarius sp. , or Pleuroloma .....most of the consensus is on the Dicellarius sp.. I'd like to find out for sure and if they are safe to handle. (I'm fairly new to millipedes, but I did do my research in that some can put off a liquid or something that could hurt) I'd also like to know if its possible to mix them in with the millipedes I'm getting this weekend or if they should be kept separate. I have about six or seven and they seem really common in my yard.
Also, I plan to get more images later...I went to get some more and when I turned over some of the leaf litter I put in their temporary holding container (I have a bigger set-up for the ones I'm waiting on..but I don't want to move them in or not)...I saw that two of them had already started mating so I wasn't going to disturb them!
Any and all info is definitely helpful.
