I Found COOL CENTIPEDES!

[@CasMorosis]

I will say that ever since I've stumbled across this channel I've found that I'm not as afraid of Tarantulas as I used to be. Listening to explanations of their behavior and getting to learn their anatomy has taken a lot of the fear away and now I'm more fascinated than anything. Thank you so much

[@delfin7461]

Me too

[@moleycoley1787]

I've gone from being scared of spiders to owning nearly 10 tarantulas 😅

[@Ayeyayron]

@@moleycoley1787 this lol!

[@maryescamilla9620]

@iHaevLysdexia You don't have to. Think about a cute little jumping spider.

[@stefanosiclari]

Dear Petko, I'll never get tired of how you use the present and past tenses interchangeably in your sentences 😂 As someone who speaks English as a second language, I understand why that happens, and I like that you don't try to edit out your mistakes. Oh, and by the way your latin is spot on! Love your videos

[@monicavanderwalt4847]

100% agree with you on this!

[@tanakeilidh384]

I could happily listen to Petko rattle off Latin binomials for hours 🥰🥰🥰

[@rebel4466]

As long as there is no LASIUS NIGER, Latin is really great lol

[@kleineoOoStern]

Where are you from ? I’m French and we pronounce some of the syllables differently than Petko in Latin language, his accent is probably what causes the differences in pronunciation. But even with that I agree with you on the fact that Petko is one of the best Latin speaker in the hobby, some species names are skinned alive by the speaker on others channels.

[@stefanosiclari]

@@kleineoOoStern I am Italian Now I'm curious, what do you pronounce differently? Can you give a few examples?

[@marioperanic1899]

These are scolopendra cingulata, the colour form is called "dalmatica". They are not their own species, just cingulatas with very nice coloring.

[@tanakeilidh384]

That's the best answer by far because it makes both names correct!

[@HalcyonSkies]

Every resource I've seen lists dalmatica as a separate species from cingulata. Nothing I've found has listed dalmatica as a colour form for cingulata, and no image of a cingulata shows them with anything close to that coloration. Possible I haven't done enough digging, but just the results I have found thus far seem to lean in the direction of this being a Scolopenda dalmatica, as even the known distribution of dalmatica almost exclusively falls in Croatia.

[@marioperanic1899]

@@HalcyonSkies I know, there is not a lot of information about this subject. But still, there are a few people in Croatia that bred cingulatas, and they produced both the normal stripes ones AND the blue legged variant, from striped parents... The other thing that definitely does not make sense is two big centipede species (whose lnly difference is their coloring) to live simpatrically in the same place. I found both color forms under the same stones and logs, multiple times, so I don't know...

[@HalcyonSkies]

@@marioperanic1899 Yeah there really isn't a lot of information, I thought it would be fun to dive in and see what I could uncover but it's all pretty scant, so I could believe that they're both the same species. It wouldn't be the first time that the same species has been classified under multiple names.

[@Jh46282]

the way you combined american English with British English gave me a stroke edit *American i have no clue why it didn't autocorrect when I mistyped

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The dalmatica vs cingulata debate... Who knew a picture of a centipede was all it took to start WWIII

[@roguesoldier3832]

Speaking of WW3 when you getting on that lol

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

You know you have a good father when even he helps you get more creatures to add to your Dark Den

[@BugsandBiology]

Always nice to see big invert KZbin channels giving centipedes some attention. Such underrated animals!

[@dabiblueflame7930]

Weird that Exotic Lair Just got back his Baby Centipede and Dark Dan Got 2 new Big Blue leg Centipedes

[@Phyzium1]

I have a similar looking centipede with blue legs called Scolopendra viridis. Mine has a moist enclosure and has a network of tunnels in the substrate. It is mostly found in Florida, so the natural habitat may be different from yours. It only comes out at night, but it has a favorite resting spot in a tunnel next to the wall, so I can see it all the time. I usually put a roach in there, and the next morning I just find a couple legs and an empty shell. Sometimes I catch a softer insect, like a mayfly or alderfly and stick it in the enclosure as food instead. It went two months without eating when I first got it, but I always keep a water dish inside. It usually eats once or twice per week now. I've never had a centipede that just stays on the surface, or under cork bark.

[@gabrielfarkas257]

YES! I loved these centipedes! I was on vacation in Trogir where me and my brother collected these! We also found few adults which were huge with orange and black stripes.

[@filipkral8678]

sound like cingulata.

[@LovenHugss]

I just got my first Tarantula after watching your videos for 2 years! I got a Curly Hair! I love watching it just do its own thing and love snapping photos and videos of it, I'm glad the curly hair has such a chill and dolce temperament!

[@gazepskotzs4]

That is so awesome, always good to have more tarantula fans! Hope you gonna enjoy your new pet and hobby! Had a curly hair too, they are beautifull!

[@llongone2]

"Why are you letting that roach walk over you. How could you let that happen?" - esteem issue for that centipede incoming.

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

in the Netherlands, we have 2 types of centipedes one of orange color but much like this one and then no 2 is a small but long in shape centipede differing from orange to nearly white with a slight orange color the first one pretty much resides under leaf litter and logs while no 2 is underground fishermen searching and digging for worms often find these unlike no 1 that has no smell no2 smells foul so it definitely has a chemic defense system.

[@Shadowthehedgehog50-o50]

Centipedes are one of the only things I would never own. The freak me out.

[@gazepskotzs4]

Same here, horror on legs! The ones here in Holland are tiny like mostly 20mm, but the first time i saw giant desert centipede it made my skin crawl. Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness let him self be bit by one, first time i saw it , i had to stop watching for a minute. If you like horror, watch that vid.

[@streamspoart2671]

5:52 yep my heart stop beating for a seconds and i shouted RUN!

[@frekimun]

8:55 I use that very same pickup line.

[@Bonnie-lo3zh]

Centipedes are scary but that last one looked pretty cool ...... almost had a cute little face. I’m still terrified of centipedes tho they are the devils spit LOL

[@debbiemcclure2874]

I have no clue what species they are but they are gorgeous 🥰. Tyfs God bless you

[@beeblesuk]

They are Scolopendra dalmatica. Both Cingulata and dalmatica have different colour variations, and the ones you found match the dalmatica variation in the area they were found

[@a.t.nelson1670]

Another interesting video from Petko The Genius! I just ran across a house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) the other day. Kinda creepy with it's crazy long legs. So interesting to watch it walk. Walking hair. LOL!

[@thenewageshop]

We always have a bunch of these in the house. I like them and think they are pretty. Nobody else seems to enjoy them though. LOL

[@gvttz]

I wish he uploaded on Wednesdays too, even if its just him going "hey look bug." I'd be satisfied.

[@Keimirrum]

Yea I'm missing Wednesdays videos too : (

[@kelliegross]

I think he said it threw off the algorithm 😭 that's why he made the other channel for the bonus clips! 😉😄

[@gvttz]

@@kelliegross I completely forgot about his other channel, thanks fren

[@callumfraser9419]

This is honestly the best channel to ever be made

[@garyemirul5721]

Hi dark den. I hope u can do one video on how to care a centipede

[@DMOptionalboss]

These centipedes seem very stressed or perhaps they have ingested something bad when in the wild. Most pesticides don't have a direct affect on big insects like this, but they do ingest bugs that have been poisoned and can die from that.

[@Raziel1984]

Before i watched a metal cover of 'At Dooms Gate" from the Doom sountrack... it works really well together with a centipede video

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

Once you cup a critter, slide a piece of paper, or card stock, under the cup. This can be done without harming a critter, and allows you to pick it up IN CUP, and drop it into its enclosure.

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

Use a fron enclosure, just add a stronger lock mechanism, so it can't wedge the door open with its head.

[@karynsztabaluk1479]

I would definitely think it's scolopendra dalmatica. It's found almost everywhere in logs down in southern Croatia

[@carolmccorry3053]

Petko that wood will definitely add some class to a new pet home awesome

[@Amos4946]

lets unburrow and try to feed it, poke it more and make it escape and blame it on the centipede's bolt instead of me unborrowing him and poking it

[@JaeElle]

Centipedes can escape very very easily. They can push heavy lids up, we've seen that happen before. Definitely needs latches

[@anylife_photography]

soooo hyped for the moniter enclosure!

[@Noctua17]

what a hilarious coincidence, i just got a big tattoo done yesterday of a centipede with blue legs

[@Dssntx]

Looks a lot like our Hemiscolopendra marginata we have here in Texas but ours has sort of striping to it and only blue antennae lol

[@vwvw4]

So nice your Dad supports your passion for centipedes.

[@PrleNi]

They are Scolopendra Dalmatica for sure. You can check it on iNaturalist.

[@rogthegoodboy3520]

Where I live we have Scolopendra cataracta, the only centipede that is known to be able to swim. And they look very similar to these! But I doubt they are cuz as far as I know that species is only found in northeastern Thailand.

[@GettinSpooky]

do they bite?

[@user-xm4hl5zx1l]

Nice shiny pokemons

[@matyaskassay4346]

Well I'm not a centipede expert, but out of the two croatian species this is definitely more similar to S. dalmatica. And yeah, the terminal legs do seem to be considerably longer than the rest, which is a trait of S. dalmatica based on my research (they're roughly the same lenght at S. cingulata). The blue legs are also commonly observed on S. dalmatica while cingulata usually has a more brownish-yellowish coloration, often with dark banding on each segment.

[@Westfielmug]

I seen something similar to that when i was fishing but it was a little tiny baby at first i thought it was a millipede but when i looked closer it was a tiny baby centipede with blue legs like those

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Scolopendra cingulata has immense colour variability. We don’t both so easily cover some of the extreme statements about them are what they are, extreme.

[@mwats90]

They look similar to the Rhysida nuda that we get in Australia. Too brown though, our nudas are quite red with blue legs.

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

"Terminal" legs. Terminal as in to terminate, meaning legs where the body terminates, or ends. Translation? Legs where the body ends. "Terminal legs."

[@heleninglis9961]

All Scolopendra are gorgeous, they're fascinating to watch, but they creep the hell out of me!🤣

[@KingKyrool]

Oh man 2 centipede feeding videos in a few days :0 (Saw exotics lair post a centipede feeding vid yesterday) but man what a treat I love centipedes would not wanna get bit tho.

[@franiodanio1472]

Awesome! I still remember Diablo😁

[@zipbangcrash]

OG 'Den 💜

[@n0m4nic]

Exotics was looking for that

[@jojojackson7882]

That centapede is huge here in Québec Canada the're so small not even à inch .

[@gazepskotzs4]

Hello Petko , i have a question, do Glomeris marginata live in Croatia? Here in the Netherlands only in the south , i heard that they are more common in the middle and east part of Europe.

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

Watching this and other tarantula/spider channels has really helped me to be much less freaked out by spiders, but I'm sorry, no amount of videos are ever gonna make me ok with centipedes!😳😖

[@KrystianHardstyle]

I found your channel few days ago and it is awesome! Greetings from poland. And also I saw your can collection witch some polish beer, hope it was good :D

[@elxsilver3884]

this centipete really looks like a Scolopendra sp. "mint legs" juvenile. Im no centepete expert but i found it on a website called argiopeterra and a 16cm cost's almost 200 euro xD

[@BugsandBiology]

Nah they're an Asian species.

[@leoisso7033]

i have been to croatia many times on vacation and ive seen 2 centipedes at least 20 cm in lengt. Never tried to catch one tho. Yellow legs completlely and brownish/orange body head in same color, didnt look at these two legs. You have to keep them for at least two years and see what will become out of them, im hoping its one of the ones i saw.

[@rogthegoodboy3520]

Could you make a care and husbandry video for your centipedes? I'd love to own one but I'm not sure what substrate and things I should use..

[@t-man5564]

Love you Petko you're my Bratco nr. 1

[@anthonylomax4422]

Omg I saw those at a show but there so expensive there blue legs are so beautiful

[@StrikerV3]

Centipede, aka, deadly Gushers train.

[@angelvincentgonzaga8532]

i think the 1st two blue centipedes are SP Bluemint 3-4 inch max size .

[@Mellie_H]

Those blue legs are mesmerizing!

[@Frogger]

Cool stuff! Curious how they will develop in the future and if you will be able to figure out what species they are exactly. Also looking forward to the huge palludarium build! 😍

[@thenightscythe2030]

* *uses scientific name* * KZbin: "...and i took that personally"

[@brendonbailey4332]

Yeh

[@ulipeterson6112]

wait, these centipedes are indigenous to Croatia? ... now i'm not sure anymore if i really want to visit Croatia one day.

[@rebel4466]

Like with most venomous creatures, you need to hunt them to find them. They're not crawling through major Croatian cities all day long lol

[@Agent_ilis]

Is this colorform endemic to Dalmatia or can it be found all over Croatia?

[@eatthecheesefries]

At the end there it looked like the centipede was hugging the cockroach!

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video Petcko

[@Gorixreal]

Scolopendra cingulata is from Italy, and here in Italy we do not have blue centipedes, we have brown centipedes only

[@whocare9942]

Thanks for letting me experience being close to these, I'm very allergic to even regular little common centipedes, so have a bit of a fear about hospital trips about centipedes, but these are very beautiful!

[@bananqgerman]

Its Scolopendra dalmatica, living in Greece and Yugoslavia area

[@brucehoneycuttjr5620]

I know absolutely nothing but i love your videos

[@milehightarantulas8563]

Saw your instagram post and was waiting to see these beauties :D

[@vsnutz]

S. Dalmatica. S. Cingulata are heavily banded when young.

[@bloodharrier3333]

Part of me wishes there were centipedes like that living in the wild near my area. Part of me is really glad they do not. Centipedes=cool=extra creepy.

[@thecreatureverse]

Hey! I also keep centipedes and have a KZbin channel about creatures like them!

[@M_u_t_e96024]

Self advertisin be like.. lol but bugs....

[@thecreatureverse]

@@M_u_t_e96024 No! I was just pointing it out...

[@kristianpadgett1910]

Love the videos man. KEEP EM UP

[@jaceyapila3271]

Awesomeness as always!!

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

Leggy little lads/lasses!

[@LunaticSpice]

Lol someone said you found exotics lairs centepide i was thinking exactly the same!

[@byrontaylor9235]

Exotics lair just did an update 🎥 it popped out and he caught it

[@vodaploda]

curious what they look like under UV? Also your spiders...

[@heyman.9668]

Looks like a giant Tootsie roll!

[@A.R.C.77]

Do they glow under a black light like scorpions?

[@gabrielfarkas257]

No. These don't.

[@milehightarantulas8563]

unfortunately no centipedes glow

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

@@milehightarantulas8563 Actually, there are even some (faintly) bioluminescent species of centipedes. Some even occur in Germany and are sometimes reported to me in winter...

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

Millipedes are often fluorescent under UV light, however.

[@nezumidjinn5547]

or is it paradoxa i am confused by the blue legs lol

[@jasonbond4196]

They look so cool

[@codegordocadaver2817]

Is a Scolopendra paradoxa juvenile

[@BugsandBiology]

Scolopendra paradoxa is not found in Croatia

[@kakarikiIck]

Blue legs?!? Very days a school day! Also that’s really cool to have living in County. We have very small centipedes in Britain, the largest I have seen is around 1+1/2” or about 4 centimetres.

[@Stepan_moskovkin]

Keep up the good work man

[@evan752]

Try feeding worms

[@anthonyfuentes3372]

The one you dont know the name of is called Scolopendra polymorpha Wood

[@PowaN44b]

Petko - look Centipedes with blue legs! WITH BLUE LEGS! Oh I go to father to get THAT WOOD - LOOK THAT WOOD! :D

[@ozzyengelbrecht2488]

Petko, gde si dobio centipede? napolje ili na granica?

[@antslatvia8836]

Can you keep centipedes communal?

[@numbersix1191]

I believe the species is leggiboi sp. frostifeetus

[@melissameowjitjhodgson897]

Centipedes scare me too many legs lol nope. trying to like them. I still watched the video. so I must a little like them lol ✌️💖😊🦎🕷️

[@ossiemac]

That is quite definitely a Sulkypede

[@jeffsmalarz7943]

It doesn't seem interested... let's poke it

[@Amos4946]

also leaving the roach in there, great idea ...

[@xavierwoodman3701]

You know that almost looks like the amphibious centipede.

[@spiderboi4658]

Scolopendra dalmatica for sure

[@itsme_Dio]

Yasss, more centipedes

[@doomsday5316]

Hey dark den when are you getting another water bug 🐛 🤔

[@Mitchcraft.]

Sometimes i am glad to live in Scotland where our largest are only a few millimetres thick and about 2inch long 😂 Edit: yes centipedes before you say anything 😜