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Millipedes got a huge upgrade. I'm super happy with it
I used a mix of organic expanding potting soil, spare reptibark from GrilledCheese's enclosure, leaf litter and detritus I collected outside and boiled for the soil.
I used a piece of bark and a terracotta pot for hides and lots of sticks to climb on because this species climbs a lot apparently. I also used dried moss for added decor, I put it around their water dish and around their bark hide. The dirt slopes up a bit at the back so there is more digging room in the back.
The species I have in here are Narceus americanus or the American giant millipede.
I am thinking about looking for bumblebee millipedes or a similar species to cohab with them the next time I go to repticon.
Bug tour part 2: My snails, millipedes, and velvet ant.
I will start with the millipedes
I have 2 N. americanus who live in a 6.5 gallon tank. They are named Solis and Amarus. Since I put them into their large tank, I've only really seen Amarus which makes me think Solis is molting.
Part two is my snails, they are both garden snails.
This is Fleur, my smaller garden snail. She spends most of her time burrowing so I do not see her as often.
This is Aster, my larger garden snail. She spends most of her time roaming around above the soil. She also laid a clutch of eggs and I froze all but 3 and I'm hoping the 3 hatch out.
Last critter I will show in this post is my velvet ant.
Her name is Crimson. Velvet ants are not actually ants but solitary wasps. She loves to nap in one specific crevice in her piece of wood (shown in image).
I will make one more part of my bug tour, featuring my ants.
Unfortunately I found that one of my millipedes had drowned in the water dish. I decided to preserve them.
Took out the water dish and am going to get a shallow water dish. They used to have that dish for a while so I didn't think the dish had any hazard to it.