II just had my second batch of babies disperse -- from captive-bred parents -- a few days ago.
Originally I bought some BAP (Breeder's Award Program) entries from a local fish club a few years back. I contacted the seller and he said they had to be kept hot and humid and they were offspring from imported adults. I set them up warm and damp, went to NY for a few days, and came home to four dead. I quickly moved them to an open-top container, which happened to be in a much cooler area, as I was sure they had suffocated from limited airflow and warm temps. The two survivors included a tiny male (I was sure they were male and female from the tails). They grew up into adults though the male was the runt of the batch and tiny for a long time. The first brood I interrupted and the female may have ejected them early. Only 7 survived but there may not have been more than twenty and I left them in with the parents for a while and yanked them after a month when they seemed to be disappearing. This brood contains around forty and they were pulled within a day or two of leaving the mother (second instar dispersal like whipspiders or scorpions except the first instar are under the tail).
This species is hardy and long-lived but most of what's out there are wild-caught which often die after a few months and "pairs" are usually of the male persuasion.
Originally I bought some BAP (Breeder's Award Program) entries from a local fish club a few years back. I contacted the seller and he said they had to be kept hot and humid and they were offspring from imported adults. I set them up warm and damp, went to NY for a few days, and came home to four dead. I quickly moved them to an open-top container, which happened to be in a much cooler area, as I was sure they had suffocated from limited airflow and warm temps. The two survivors included a tiny male (I was sure they were male and female from the tails). They grew up into adults though the male was the runt of the batch and tiny for a long time. The first brood I interrupted and the female may have ejected them early. Only 7 survived but there may not have been more than twenty and I left them in with the parents for a while and yanked them after a month when they seemed to be disappearing. This brood contains around forty and they were pulled within a day or two of leaving the mother (second instar dispersal like whipspiders or scorpions except the first instar are under the tail).
This species is hardy and long-lived but most of what's out there are wild-caught which often die after a few months and "pairs" are usually of the male persuasion.
