The Metalbug...aka WHOOP@$$

This is "Metalbug" - my new Peruvian giant centipede. It should mature around 12" in length & is already capable of chowing on adult mice. I love this thing!
http://newenglandreptile.com/webpics/metalbug1.jpg
http://newenglandreptile.com/webpics/metalbug2.jpg

K

That centipede is awsome. I want one but i know my wife wont let me. How does it eat mice?

wow thats goin 2 be huge! (far an insect) im not i real big fan of keeping invertebrates as pets but that is awesome!

That's a damn handsome crawlie! GOnna capture us some mice-chowing shots?

Please? ;)

Wow sorry, but, that thing is creepy. I'd like to see it eat a mouse though!

I'm not a fan of centipedes since they're fast, and pack a nasty bite. Millipedes on the other hand, are awesome. It's weird.. my mom will let me have T's and scorps, but she has a problem with the millipedes.. they're vegetarian for heaven's sake!

I don't give him(?) mice very often - too much protein. Main diet is hissing roaches.

They basically chew a hole in the side of a rodent & eat the insides, leaving a bag of bones behind.

Kinda creepy!

K

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They basically chew a hole in the side of a rodent & eat the insides, leaving a bag of bones behind

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That's just plain old good eatin'..lol
great pics Kara
Rusty

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Originally Posted by KLG

I don't give him(?) mice very often - too much protein. Main diet is hissing roaches.

They basically chew a hole in the side of a rodent & eat the insides, leaving a bag of bones behind.

Kinda creepy!

K

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Does this insect have vemon? or does it kill the mouse a different way before eating?

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Originally Posted by Ballpython2

Does this insect have vemon? or does it kill the mouse a different way before eating?

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i think some(most?)/all centipedes have venom and i think they paralyze(kill it?) it first and then they begin to it.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

It's weird.. my mom will let me have T's and scorps, but she has a problem with the millipedes.. they're vegetarian for heaven's sake!

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yep,my mom let me have snakes and tarantulas(took me a while to convince her) but she has a problem with scorpions.

Thanks for sharing that Kara. Are you breeding them?


Theres a video out there of one of those monsters eating.
Basically what they do is grab the rodent and inject venom in the neck region. Very cool stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg

oh man i feel sick to my stomache... :puke:

cool looking critter kara! very beautiful colours. have you tried feeding it silkworms or butterworms?

Wow i had no idea those things were so................thier savages!! mouse had no chance!

That is a cool lookin critter, a little freaky though and man they get pretty big!

Dang!!!!! That is one gorgeous Pede you have there!!



Girls keeping Centipedes....:clap:....AWESOME!

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Thanks for sharing that Kara. Are you breeding them?

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Breeding centipedes is very difficult. There isn't a way to sex them and centipedes will eat each other.