This weekend's finds

You never cease to amaze me Amici. How do you find all of this? My area i was living in in ca was so dry! There was no rotting wood I could find, and you eventually get tired of collecting the same Eleodes and ironclads over and over again. I think my luck will turn, though, just found a ton of stags last night by the porch lights in my new house in Italy. I love how enthusiastic about this you are, keep it up man!

 
The megalodacne (orange and black)? They are doing fantastic!

The millipedes however are down to one...they are the hardest I've ever had, anyone with info on them should definitely tell me lol...even a species name.

 
If you don't mind my asking, where did you find the millipedes? That would better help in the identification. From looking at the picture it could be a Apheloria virginiensis species. Possibly corrugata.

 
Don't mind at all...up in Millbrook, NJ/Delaware Water Gap, PA.
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And I think you nailed it with Apheloria virginiensis!
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Thanks a billion! Any idea what they eat?

 
They like to eat an assortment of things including deteriorating wood as well as leaf litter and millipede staples like lettuce and apples etc. I current have one that I found around a week ago feeding on lettuce and pooping EVERYWHERE so he must be liking it haha. I'm going to test out if it is okay to house these guys with Spirobolid millipedes as well and see if I can get a multi-species community going.

 
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