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Bumblebee Millipede

Anadenobolus monilicornisกิ้งกือ

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Photograph: Sandra H Statner · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

Burrowing · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 22–26°C, humidity 70–85%

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Temperature22–26 °C
Humidity70–85 %
Diet4 days

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
22–26°Ambient

One ambient band, 22–26°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states22-26°C

Humidity

70–85%Target RH

The sheet states70-85%

Enclosure
20–40 L for a group of 6–10

Identity

Adult size

1.75 m10 cm
1520100400 cm
10 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Spirobolida
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Beginner
Commonality
Common, prolific hobby species
Adult size
Up to ~10 cm
Lifespan
3–5 yrs
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Detritivore burrower
Temperament
Docile
Venom / defense
Harmless; secretes irritant defensive fluid: wash hands, avoid eyes

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
22–26°C
Humidity
70–85%
Min. enclosure
20–40 L for a group of 6–10
Substrate
5–8 cm coco fibre + rotting wood + leaf litter
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark, leaf litter; water dish

What your climate adds

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Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 3.5 dAs the sheet states
8Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesDecaying leaves & wood; fruit, veg · Veg 2x/week; leaf litter always

Staple food
Decaying leaves & wood; fruit, veg
Feeding frequency
Veg 2x/week; leaf litter always
Supplements
Cuttlebone / calcium always available

Behaviour and handling

HandlingGentle, brief; wash hands after, avoid eyes
CommunalYes – communal, breeds readily
Defense / stress signsCoiling, mild fluid secretion

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
3–5 yrLifespan in care
3 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
Prolific; easy to breed in colonies

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsMites, dehydration
Red flags / quarantine
SignsQuarantine; can become invasive if released

Good to know

  • Black-and-yellow banding earns the 'bumblebee' name; a great beginner breeder.

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — 22-26°C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70–85%
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « 20–40 L for a group of 6–10 »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

bantam.earthkeepingbugs.com

Others in this group

Giant African MillipedeArchispirostreptus gigasThai/Vietnamese Giant Centipede (Yellow-leg / Cherry)Scolopendra dehaaniVietnamese / Asian Giant CentipedeScolopendra subspinipesVietnam Giant MillipedeSpirostreptidae sp.Amazonian Giant CentipedeScolopendra giganteaTanzanian Red-headed / Tiger CentipedeScolopendra morsitansVietnamese Rainbow MillipedeTonkinbolus dollfusiRusty / Scarlet Asian MillipedeTrigoniulus corallinus

What this sheet states

85%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.