Narceus americanus? Size: ~5 inches
I am a first-time millipede owner and I think I have a n. americanus, or at least I think (I bought online by the way which is why there’s no location). Which leads me to the reason why I submitted this image. All the images of other americanus have red legs and bands on their segments, but mine doesn’t! In fact, I think it looks closer to the Sonoran desert millipede. Also, I’m concerned about it’s health. It has calcium-enriched edible substrate and a bowl of water, and it gets misted everyday or every other day. I’m concerned because I never see it eating, not even during the night and it spends most of its time curled up. I’ve read some suggestions from other people’s posts on Arachnoboards and someone said that if your millipede is like “spaghetti”, it’s not doing well. Not that mine is squishy, but it’s floppy. If anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave a comment. Thank you so much!
Contributed by Violet K on 29 March, 2020 - 8:08pm Last updated 13 May, 2020 - 11:05am |