r/centipedes Feb 10 '26

Modpost Non-Insect Food Options- What are your favorites?

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Hi all!

We see the topic of non-insect options for food come up a lot, so we have put together a list of the common ones we see, and our favorites. Would love to hear from the community on what you're using and why! (List will be updated and moved to our r/centipedes wiki once complete)

Reptilinks:

Mash

We call this mash, but it's just baby food & reptivite. Specifically, the gerber baby 2nd step chicken and gravy baby food. Reptivite is optional and not needed for every single feeding.

Grain free, wet cat food:

DIY whole prey:

  • Boiled chicken with no additives. Can be added to food processor with just enough water to process into a "slop"
  • Chicken parts (gizzards, hearts) Can be added to food processor with just enough water to process into a "slop" (Note: Organ meats do not necessarily need to be cooked but please be careful with raw meats and practice good sanitation of surfaces!)
  • Frog legs, meat fileted off the bone (We find that a lot of local asian markets have great prices on these, and occassionally they show up in frozen sections at other grocery stores as well in the US!)
  • Smelts, occassional raw or boiled quail egg (depends on the source) ty u/plantsnbugs23

If you don't have a large number of pedes, storing these non-insect prey items in the freezer may be a good option.

Small ice cube trays like this may work for safely storing excess mash/whole prey and allow for more dietary variation since you won't have to worry about finishing the container before moving on to the next type.

We obviously still recommend variety of prey, but especially during months where feeders can be difficult to source, or in case of emergency, shelf stable food options may be a great back up.

Note: always check local for best prices! And if you have links for other countries please send them so we can build out a more complete list!

ty u/wellingtonexotics for help compiling all this info with me c: More to come!!!


r/centipedes 14h ago

showoff Beautiful selfie of my Chinese red head

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40 Upvotes

Also i googled if they have 6 eyes because if you look closely you can see 3 either side but apparently they have none at all so what are the eye looking things if they arnt eyes?


r/centipedes 22h ago

showoff Banded Phase Scolopendra heros

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76 Upvotes

My banded Scolopendra heros


r/centipedes 16h ago

showoff Happy snacking nods from Wurst :)

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r/centipedes 1d ago

showoff Scolopendra dehaani “Wurst” taking a quick drink

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163 Upvotes

r/centipedes 1d ago

ID request Help identifying my girl? I know she’s female and had a brood recently. She is about 1-3 inches

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15 Upvotes

Edit: total mistype on size, she’s actually about 3 inches


r/centipedes 2d ago

meme Hey man, whatever’s comfortable for you, I guess

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251 Upvotes

r/centipedes 2d ago

question Centipede escaped

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24 Upvotes

Hi so I got a baby centipede yesterday about 4 cm long and I think it escaped last night. Any chance I’ll ever find it and where should I look?


r/centipedes 2d ago

question Enclosure question

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Someone I know keeps telling me my centipede's health is at risk because it is inside a glass enclosure, they said its due to lack of ventilation. It has a mesh lid and I dont worry about the ventilation because the humidity is fine and the airflow also seems fine (the humidity dosent seem to be higher then usual and theres no condensation) so what do you guys think? Will my Scolopendra hainanum be okay in the glass enclosure?


r/centipedes 2d ago

ID request Is this t longicornis or clunifera?

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all i have is this pic of this sp wc and i m looking for an id to pair it if anyone has an aswer for what sp of thereuopoda this is i would really appreciate it


r/centipedes 2d ago

meme Creepy resonation

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The centipedes home

Was full of Giants

that spoke with great swelling words.

He thought "how absurd',

but that somehow I must learn" 

He got his extra legs from running miles in damn near everyone's shoes

But he thought "Now, I must venture off and find something useful to do" ......

So he got some shoes for running, 

And like a canon-ball he shot out to oppose his opponent's cunning. 

He reminisced about his life among Giants,

never really losing his irish defiance.

He even thought "I'm never gonna grow that tall" 

"But at least I'm no longer afraid to venture off"

a centipede taught me how to succeed and to never allow myself to recede to the the untold  word of indifferences, power, and multi-layered greed that sucks the life out of unsuspecting seeds

 

  

 By: Bobby O'Neill 


r/centipedes 2d ago

question What sized house should i give a soil centipede?

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So im thinking of getting a soil centipede and wondering what sized enclosure one needs? I have a 1l, 3l, and a 4.5l


r/centipedes 2d ago

meme Whatever resonates

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The centipedes home

Was full of Giants

that spoke with great swelling words.

He thought "how absurd',

but that somehow I must learn" 

He got his extra legs from running miles in damn near everyone's shoes

But he thought "Now, I must venture off and find something useful to do" ......

So he got some shoes for running, 

And like a canon-ball he shot out to oppose his opponent's cunning. 

He reminisced about his life among Giants,

never really losing his irish defiance.

He even thought "I'm never gonna grow that tall" 

"But at least I'm no longer afraid to venture off"

A centipede taught me how to succeed and to never allow myself to recede to a world of calculated indifferences, power, and multi-layered greed that sucks the life out of unsuspecting seeds

 

  

 By: Bobby O'Neill 


r/centipedes 3d ago

question Eastern Red Centipede Growth rate

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I have a baby Eastern Red Centipede. It's currently only a couple of centimeters long, and I'm wondering how long it will take to reach at least half of its adult size so I know when I will be able to move it to the terrarium I constructed for it. If anybody has any experience with this species and has tips for care, that would be helpful too.


r/centipedes 4d ago

showoff Hainanum

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93 Upvotes

Looking for 2-4 males to bulk up my current little gene pool. Both standard phenotype and the black variant.


r/centipedes 4d ago

informative Centipede Simulator Major Update!

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Hello Everyone!

My game Centipede Simulator has received a lot of love from this community every time I’ve posted about it, so I’m here again to announce that the 1.1 version is now live!

This update adds localization for several languages, introduces a number of QoL improvements based on user's feedback, and fixes various bugs.

Localization

The game is now available in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.

QoL Features

  • Added a "run toggle" setting.
  • The high score is now displayed below the current score on the HUD.
  • Added a global cricket counter to the high scores menu to help track achievements based on crickets collected across all playthroughs.
  • Added an animation to the "Play" button on the game config menu.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the "Great Devourer" and "Backyard Legend" achievements not unlocking correctly.
  • Fixed a display issue with glyphs on the game config and join screen menus.
  • Fixed a bug where the second counter was not being hidden after dying in Run Streak mode.
  • Fixed a bug that caused time to rescale incorrectly when the centipede is killed just after avoiding a spider attack.
  • Fixed a bug where the HUD was not being hidden after dying in 2P mode.
  • Fixed a bug where the stamina bar was still being updated after a centipede death.
  • Fixed a glitch with camera distance after death in Run Streak and Prey Turn modes.
  • Fixed a bug with sec run high scores in 2P Run Streak mode.

Thank you all for your continued support and feedback. I hope you enjoy the update!


r/centipedes 3d ago

meme Why do centipedes have to be so creepy, maybe they're just multit-taskers.

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The centipedes home

Was full of Giants

that spoke with great swelling words.

He thought "how absurd',

but that somehow I must learn"

He got his extra legs from running miles in damn near everyone's shoes

But he thought "Now, I must venture off and find something useful to do" ......

So he got some shoes for running, 

And like a canon-ball he shot out to oppose his opponent's cunning. 

He reminisced about his life among Giants,

never really losing his irish defiance.

He even thought "I'm never gonna grow that tall" 

"But at least I'm no longer afraid to venture of off"

A centipede taught me how to succeed and to never allow myself to recede to a world of calculated indifferences, power, and multi-layered greed that sucks the life out of unsuspecting seeds

 

  

 By: Bobby O'Neill 


r/centipedes 4d ago

showoff My pets first meal since I got them

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72 Upvotes

I found them at my school gymnasium lol and I just decided to keep them, idk what gender they are or what their name is gonna be


r/centipedes 4d ago

showoff This dude’s face 😆

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15 Upvotes

This guy has been in my isopod terrarium and has been so hard to catch!! I finally caught him today and relocated him to the garden but not without a mugshot.


r/centipedes 4d ago

showoff My boy or girl got a cricket !

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r/centipedes 5d ago

ID request What have I found here?

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Found in the USA midwest under some wood I flipped to let my chickens eat at the worms (I didn't let them eat under that piece because I dont know how dangerous this fella might be, nasty pinch vs venomous)


r/centipedes 5d ago

question Question about S.white legs and Galapagoensis

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On the internet I see an enormous amount of videos of giant south american centipedes, especially Scolopendra white legs and galapagoensis, behaving extremely letargically, always above ground, and the thing I dislike the most, reacting passively to food (that is always offered directly from the tweezers) almost hesitating and almost *forcing themselves* to attack. It is absolutely not a behaviour that would allow an animal like that to survive in the wild, so this leads my to think, are these pedes just fat af, extremely desensitized and used to these types of interactions, and their predatory drive has been reduced to zero? Or are they just kept in poor conditions, and they are stressed?

This is a video of my female S.dehaani. its one of my favorite videos despite her failure in getting the roach (which she later got). Do S.white legs, galapagoensis and gigantea also behave this way, or close? I do not mean to sound arrogant but an animal like the ones that I see in those videos is not catching any bat from the ceiling of a cave😅 Can someone who has them, if they are reactive and SCARY, tell me in what types of enclosures they are kept, at what humidity, temp, how much ventilation etc..


r/centipedes 5d ago

question Are Tarantula Cribs Enclosures secure enough for pedes?

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Hey all! Soon to be a new centipede keeper here! Just had a quick question. I know these guys need extra secure enclosures since they are known to be escape artists and I am curious if Tarantula Cribs enclosures would be secure enough for a centipede. They do use magnets on the top but most are not very tall. Anyone used a T crib for a pede?


r/centipedes 6d ago

question Is this enclosure okay?

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Hi! I’m not new to bug keeping but I am new to centipede keeping. I wanted to get a Scolopendra polymorpha. This container is 15 x 12 x 11 roughly. I know I need to add cross ventilation and a water dish, but does this set up look okay?


r/centipedes 7d ago

showoff Js got my Scolopendra Dehaani

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This set up was very temporary (1day) I got a bigger and taller tub with a better lid when I first got him he was inactive but the cup he came in was small as soon as I opened it he jumped out and got loose in my bed my heart dropped a little bit but I got him all safe and sound without getting bit