Sumatran Green Giant Pill Millipede

Millipedes

MOQ 100 head

Partners Only

25 – 40 mm body length; balls up to roughly cherry size

Non-venomous. A giant pill millipede (Zephroniidae, despite the "Glomeris" trade label) that rolls into a tight armoured ball; secretes only a mild quinone-type fluid that can faintly stain. Safe to handle.

Humid tropical rainforest of Sumatra (e.g. Gunung Leuser). Lives in deep leaf litter, under logs and in rotting wood on the forest floor. 0 – 1,500 m.

Detritivore — decaying leaf litter, rotting wood, fungi and decomposing plant matter.

24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end

80 – 90 %. Keep substrate consistently moist with deep leaf litter; provide a shallow water dish.

None required (nocturnal/cryptic).

Decaying hardwood leaf litter and rotten wood as the staple; supplement with cucumber, squash, mushroom and a calcium source.

Humid terrestrial set-up with 8 – 12 cm of moist organic substrate, deep leaf litter and rotting wood; bark hides. Colony-tolerant. Min 30 × 30 cm for a group.

Harmless and docile; rolls into a ball when disturbed. An excellent, handleable display species.