Your non-arachnids

[Emily-Fisher]

I'm interested in seeing pics or hearing what kind of non-arachnids you own :) Myriopods, mollusks, insects... you name it! I'll start off.

Osiris
Egyptian Mantis
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1248osiris2.gif">


Mingus
Red-leg Millipede
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1248mingus2.gif">


Marilyn
African Giant Black Millipede
<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/1248marilyncollage.jpg">

Hopefully soon, there will also be a little hisser cockroach to be named too :)

[JeffT]

Thats a really cool looking Mantis. Is she nasty?

jeff

[Dragoon]

hahahaha
Given the legal status of roaches in Canada, you won't find anyone admitting to owning them, Emily...

I am curious as to why you like the 'pedes so much? They aren't very furry, or cute, or colorful...unlike teddybear spiders, it is so much easier to understand the appeal of T's. Even the less cute species of T have those long elegant legs or colors to make them desirable...
but a 'pede??? (hahahaha, just playing with you.)

I have helped care for the big black ones at the pet store, and they are fascinating...what discourages me is the amount they can EAT!!
Holy smokes, and lots of eating leads to lots of defecating...man, those things are like invertebrate rabbits, in that they produce more volume of crap than they eat! hehehehe... funny animals...
D.

[Emily-Fisher]

The millipedes are just so... different. I'm not sure why I like them so much but I really find them fascinating and they are so different from other inverts. I've also noticed that they show a few faint signs of personality. Marilyn loves my sister. As soon as my sister picks her up, she'll uncurl and will start walking everywhere and nibbling her while when I hold her, she'll take forever to open up and won't move much. Maybe it's because my sister has warmer hands? I don't know. Meanwhile, Mingus is unbelievably shy but doesn't seem shy with me. Who knows why I like them :) They're all so different, IMO.

Jeff: My mantis, Osiris, is a realy sweetie pie. Although she never stays still, they also has never really been "mean" to me. She is also made 13 ootheca over the past few months!! lmao.. busy lady!

[Dragoon]

Oh, and, mantids kinda scare me...
I got chased by one a long time ago. It was a huge five incher, and was right under the footpegs of my motorcycle. I chased it away with a stick, but it kept running back for the footpegs faster than I could get on the bike. Not sure what I thought it would DO to me...but it freaked me out with its persistance. I finally made it back off far enough away to hop on and roar out of there, but it was with the panicked feeling that it was running behind, chasing me....
I caught a baby last year, and popped it into an aquarium, I wanted to keep it, it was so bright green and pretty. I gave it a cricket, and to my horror, ripped off legs and ate the cricket a little bit at a time, while it still lived.
I let it go.
Ummm, have fun with yours. =)
D.

[Ciddian]

Hey Emilys...
what do you think about orcid mantids...iam not sure if i have the name right. I was thinking of buying one as my first ^_^ I already have a pair of land snails that i can't get enough of...slimy...hehe
....i was so close to buying a milli....i just can't get enough of them. She loved bananas :)

One day i will....as soon as my boy friend stops threating that he will squish them :(

Good luck with your lovelies!

~*Ciddian*~

[Tarcan]

LOL, Dragoon, I think I have seen that movie somewhere: "Motorcycle chick and the Attack of the Giant Praying Mantid"... I think it was a "B" horror movie!LOL

You are right, we will not get to see roaches up here... but remember that millipedes are now technically illegal in Canada... it amazes me that you see them all the time in the pet shops...

Too bad, because I am constantly beeing offered some strange species of millipedes that I never saw in pet shops here...

Nice inverts Emily... I like the mantids, I am always tempted to get some... one of my buddies breeds all kinds or weird species...

Take care

Martin

[skinheaddave]

Here's a little spider that I have. :D It is a subadult female widow.

Cheers,
Dave

[skinheaddave]

And here is my "technically illegal" millipede trio. Actually, there are four of them total.

Cheers,
Dave

[Emily-Fisher]

Ciddian, orchid mantids are gorgeous! If I ever saw one for sale, I would buy it right away without a doubt. If you know anybody who supplies/breeds them, tell me :D thanks!

[Ciddian]

OOhhh i'll take you advice and see if she still has it avail. I'll ask who she got it from as well and send you a pm :)

[~Suntiger~]

Well, I tried to put the pic on here but it'll have to stay in my gallery for now (for some reason my pictures are always too big, haven't quite figured that part out yet...ah well.)
At any rate, it's of my favourite creature of all time, a centipede and in this case a Vietnamese one. I wish I had a hundred! :D

And lovely inverts everyone!

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3582new_kids_005-med.jpg

Ask and you shall receive...I hope this was the pic you wanted added, Shane :D

[ranmasatome]

Emily, if you are still looking for Orchid mantids i may be able to help...i'll check with a buddy of mine back home and let you know..PM me..:) latas!

[Kyle Barker]

I got roaches, and dont care who knows it :D Easy enough to get ride of the evidence... Have land snails and a leaf insect, rest are 8 legged.

[rustysdragons]

Here's a little spider that I have. It is a subadult female widow.
Dave that's a beautiful female.

At the moment we have besides all of the arachnids a vinagaroon (Giant), and an african millipede. Plus the hundreds of Hissers and crickets and mealies. I tend to love tarantulas and my husband has a thing for scorpions (which are great too). he also loves centapedes. I am in the search for good breeders / dealers if anyone knows of one.
Thanks all
Rusty

[skinheaddave]

Originally posted by rustysdragons
husband has a thing for scorpions (which are great too).

Understatement of the frikkin' century! :D Scorpions by far rule my invertebrate passion. That being said, it occurs to me that I forgot to mention my 'pede. Scolopendra sp.

Cheers,
Dave

[Yve]

these are my two african giant black millis. these ladies are awesome...i wouldn't mind getting them a pair of lads. at one point i thought there were babies in the tank but they disappeared...don't know if i did something wrong and killed them or if they were just something else.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2milli_010-med.jpg

[Dragoon]

Why are 'pedes now considered illegal?
I never heard of such a silly thing.... maybe some office guy found out how much they can eat... and decided they were a threat to national security...numbnutts...
D.

[Tarcan]

Technically, every herbivor arthropod is considered under control by agriculture Canada... they will pretty much let pass most of the carnivor ones, like praying mantids for instance... that is also why scorps, Ts, centipedes are not regulated... they could not care less about those, as long as they are not controlled by CITES, then you all know the special procedures...

One of the reason for that, I was told by an agent, is that they do not want to bother going over everything to determine what is tolerated and what is not... they rather say they are all illegal, like that most of the people will not bother... that does not mean you cannot get import permits for some of them... there are animals they are more flexible with... as long as you apply for the 15$ import permit specifying the exact species and the quantities imported... this is only for appliction, it can get refused and still paid the money for the application... and I am not sure if this permit allows you to sell them or only keep them at home...

I believe they are very flexible with millipedes, as you pointed out, we hardly see an agricultural threat in those particular animals... they will regard as a problem, animals that have great adaptation skills and are very prolific in reproduction... like roaches for exemple...

Well, millipedes are still openly for sale in petshops as you all know... so enjoy them...

[Emily-Fisher]

Yve, nice bum shot of the millie :) And I like the one on the right.. very dark colours :) Pretty!

[FrankQC]

Yve, are you sure that they're AGBs?

Wouldn't they be the "chocolate brown" millipedes because they don't have the orangeish on each segment? (I said the same thing about Dave's millis which looks the same as yours).


Frank

[arachnomania]

Here's my pair of red tail boa. As you may see, my fem is about to shed as her head is starting to peal.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1126PIC00003-med.JPG

[Yve]

Emily, the bum shot was a fluke!lol....you know how it is with these guys...always on the move.....every shot is an action shot even though its ultra slow!lol...
FrankQC, thats what they were sold to me as but I don't really know much about them other than care...I have heard that you should always buy them in pairs if you want to breed them because the different types may look very similar, so maybe it is possible these are not what they seem to be! the crease between segments is a bit lighter and they do look like the pictures I've seen of agb....

[Dragoon]

Hey Rob!
Did you see the video on breeding boas by the Boaphile? I saw it a couple days ago.. pretty cool stuff.

And... SLIMY.....ewwwwww.... real grotesque....gotta have a strong stomach to be a boa breeder, man. The amount of fluid and gushy stuff and big strings of mucous and stuff with veins....eeessshhhh *gag*. We were all squirming and going, YUCK, especially when they described the SMELL!

*ahem* So, yep, have fun getting babies! hahahahaha
D.