Montana Bronze-Back Pill Millipede
Hyleoglomeris sp.
Wholesale
Category
Millipedes
Minimum order
MOQ 100 head
Per-head price
Partners Only
Overview
Adult Length
8 – 16 mm body length (small pill millipede)
Venom
Non-venomous. Balls up defensively and exudes only a weak quinone-type secretion that may faintly stain; harmless to handle.
In the Wild
Habitat
Northern Thai montane evergreen forest. Shelters in moist leaf litter, under logs and in decaying wood. 400 – 1,600 m.
Wild Diet
Detritivore — decaying leaf litter, rotting wood, fungi and decomposing plant matter.
Captive Care
Temperature
22 – 26 °C ambient — 20 °C cool end
Humidity
75 – 90 %. Substrate kept consistently moist beneath a deep leaf-litter layer.
UV Requirements
None required (nocturnal/cryptic).
Feeding
Decaying hardwood leaf litter and rotten wood as the staple; supplement with cucumber, squash and a calcium source.
Enclosure
Humid terrestrial set-up with 5 – 8 cm of moist organic substrate, deep leaf litter and rotting wood; bark hides. Colony-tolerant. 20 × 20 cm footprint.
Temperament
Harmless, slow and secretive; rolls into a ball when disturbed. Peaceful, safe to handle.
Distribution in Thailand