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[SamKeepsAnts]

i caught a house centipede and put it in the foraging area of the labyrinth formicarium because that's my only habitat will move it into something better soon. I put in a brown widow spider for it to eat and am waiting for it to eat it.Anyone else tried to keep these and if so any advice in keeping them?

[T.C.]

Kept them lots of times, what do you want to know?

Edited by T.C., December 18 2016 - 8:05 PM.

[SamKeepsAnts]

how to give them water and can they eat crickets and dubia roaches?

[T.C.]

Well, here is what i do. I have mine in a tank with wolf spiders, other centipedes, and isopods. I have a water bottle cap with water and fish food mix.  I also drop in other occasional bugs such as ants and earwigs. Mine is basically it's own little ecosystem. It's nothing but a food chain, and with this setup the centipedes and earwigs dominate and thrive very well.

[AnthonyP163]

i caught a house centipede and put it in the foraging area of the labyrinth formicarium because that's my only habitat will move it into something better soon. I put in a brown widow spider for it to eat and am waiting for it to eat it.Anyone else tried to keep these and if so any advice in keeping them?

I tried. It wouldn't eat a potato bug, and it died after 3 days. I hear they eat cockroaches and caterpillars along with spiders.

[AnthonyP163]

Btw, it's most likely Scutigera coleoptrata, which is found almost worldwide.

[SamKeepsAnts]

Btw, it's most likely Scutigera coleoptrata, which is found almost worldwide.

Yeah i looked up pics and that is what it is

 

Update it killed the spider and was running around so i dumped some water in and it drank the water

[NZAntKeeper]

Well, here is what i do. I have mine in a tank with wolf spiders, other centipedes, and isopods. I have a water bottle cap with water and fish food mix.  I also drop in other occasional bugs such as ants and earwigs. Mine is basically it's own little ecosystem. It's nothing but a food chain, and with this setup the centipedes and earwigs dominate and thrive very well.

That sounds very cool! Do you have any pics? I'm wanting to do that with a old aquarium I have spare.

[Leo]

i caught a chinese redhead centipede

[SamKeepsAnts]

Next update : it tore the legs of the spider and ate it