Care information

Environmental conditions and basic care:

Temperature🌡️- 22 to 26c is the ideal range of temperaturess

under 18 and over 30 should be avoided as it can cause problems, harm, or death over time. 

Humidity💧- 70 to 80%

Origin: The caribbean but has become invasive in most subtropical zones in the world

Habitat size : For all millipedes width and length of its enclosure sould be 2 to 3 times longer than the max lenght of the millipede

Colonies should be kept in larger tanks but a few individuals need a plastic shoe box size container.

Habitat information: For this species (and with it being so small, they need about 5 cm og substrate.

Nutrition 🥦: Millipedes are detritivores meaning they eat decaying organic matter. 

This includes:

Decaying hardwood leaves

Rotting hardwood (mycelium indicates rot, look for wood that falls apart easily)

Living plant matter (mosses, lichens, grasses, ferns, vegetables, etc)

Other decomposing organisms (Mold, bacteria, fungus)

That means substrate is super important as it is the millipede’s main diet. Supplemental feeding of vegetables/fruits/etc should be infrequent, maybe once a week. Protein should be offered more often, like twice a week.

Important info:

Size 📏- will stop growing between 2.5cm to 7.5cm

Life expectancy 🕰️- 3 to 5 years

Sexual maturity ♥️- 1.5 to 2 years

Handeling: Bumblebee millipedes are best not handled or handeled to a minimum. Their delicate bodies and soft exoskeletons make them prone to injury, so frequent handling is not recommended.

Molting: All millipedes periodically molts throughout their life. Before to molting, the millipede will often burrow deep into the substrate and may remain hidden for extended periods sometimes up to weeks or months at a time! During this time they are extremely vulnerable. They shed their hard exoskeloton and become very soft. Adequate substrate depth is one of the most important husbandry requirements because it provides the protected environment necessary for successful molts. For this reason, millipedes should never be dug up simply because they have not been seen for several weeks. For this reason as well its important to only house millipedes with other millipedes or alone. Other species of snails, beetles, isopods, ect will sometimes take advantage of the millipedes softer state and eat them. Many hobbyists have lost millipedes to this.