Yellow 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. Rolls into a ball defensively; exudes only a weak quinone-type secretion that can lightly stain skin. Harmless to handle.
In the Wild
Habitat
Northern Thai hill evergreen forest. Lives in damp leaf litter, under logs and in rotting wood. 300 – 1,500 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 %. Keep substrate consistently moist with 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; balls up when disturbed. Peaceful colony species, safe to handle.
Distribution in Thailand