Chinese red giant dragon centipede is a crustacean arthropod, whose body surface is covered with a chitinous carapace, which limits its further growth and development. In order to get rid of the restrictions on further growth and development of the carapace, it is necessary to molt several times during the growth and development process. Each time it sheds its skin, it grows significantly. In embryonic development, it molts three times, and adults generally molt once a year, and individuals molt twice. What should be paid attention to during the growth and development of Chinese red giant dragon centipede?

Chinese red Giant dragon centipede

The Chinese red dragon centipede molts mostly in midsummer or after spawning. Changes in body color before molting, sluggishness, lack of food, and reduced vision and antennae. When molting, proceed from front to back section by section, and finally shed the tail foot. The shed old skin is shrunken, and when straightened is a complete centipede shell. The molting takes about 2 hours to complete. Don't be disturbed when molting, otherwise it will prolong the molting time. When the artificially cultivated centipede molts, it is necessary to prevent groups of ants from attacking it, otherwise it is easy to be bitten by ants.

The development of centipedes is relatively slow. The body length from the hatched larvae in the first year to the year before hibernation is only about 3.3-3.9 cm, and the body length is only about 4.9-6.6 cm in the second year under the condition of sufficient food. cm. Therefore, it generally takes 3 to 4 years for centipedes to develop from larvae to adult sexual maturity. The speed of growth and development has a great relationship with the adequacy of food and the length of feeding time. In artificial breeding, centipedes produced in the same year were found to grow faster than those grown indoors. Therefore, supplying sufficient fresh feed during breeding is one of the important conditions to increase its production.