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I'm curious to know if there's anyone out there trying to breed Giant African Millipedes. I heard rumours from a pen-pal that there's SIX people out there in the U.S. of A. that have success breeding giant millipedes. I would like to converse with these people, for i like to further my breeding if i could just get some more MALE Giant African Millipedes!!! The ones i get are the glossy, black caramel stripings with reddish/tannish legs and antenna. I have a pic i like to email here but need to know how to email it to the millipede forum. Maybe the webmaster can tell me how to do it and who to email it to... Robert Szymanski

I have a male African Giant Millipede with a rather uninterested female. The following link seemed to give the most help:
http://www.key-net.net/users/swb/pet_arthropod/mill.htm

The male I had was introduced to the female and immediately started trying to copulate with her (he crawled on top of her) but she was curling up in a defensive position. Later, I thought I saw them mating because both had their upper segments pushed together. My suggestions are to acquiring an eager male like mine and get multiple females and introduce the male to each one's cage. He seems to be much more active (or the one female I have is not healthy, i am too new at this to tell) than the female. Also, let the substrate sit as the eggs are apparently buried and difficult to find. The pet store that sold the male said they had been throwing out their substrate and one time found two juveniles that were about to be thrown out.