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Kid Safe - soft start
Purple Rainbow Ivory Millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus)
Kid friendly Hand-picked for the Lil Z's Zone: low-risk, low-defense fellas a kid can help care for with a grown-up alongside. WC: Wild caught WC means wild caught: collected from the wild and acclimated by Big Z before it ships. Big Z uses WC in titles and SKUs so the catalog stays consistent.
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Purple Rainbow Ivory Millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus)

Millipede

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Matched Buddy Burrow Buddy

This fella needs ground cover and diggable depth first, so the best checkout pair is a deep Buddy with a starter hide.

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Spice 1 care notes

Slow, low-defense, easy care. A win for first-time keepers and family setups.

Size
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About this Fella

The Florida Ivory, with a hidden purple shimmer

This is Chicobolus spinigerus, the US-native Florida Ivory Millipede, in its “Purple Rainbow” color form: same hardy, easygoing species, but the dark bands throw an unexpected purple-violet iridescence when the light catches them. A genuinely uncommon look on a millipede that is normally about as common as they come.

Everything that makes the standard Ivory a great keep applies here: slow, gentle, totally harmless, an enthusiastic composter that turns a bed of oak leaf litter and rotting hardwood into both home and dinner. It is a perfect first invert and a quietly soothing one, with a collector twist for anyone who wants something the next person down the table does not have.

The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →

Care + shipping

What ships with this order

  • Comes with a free species-oriented care guide
  • Heat / cold pack as needed for the week's forecast
  • Tracking + arrival window before ship-day
  • DM access to Big Z for the life of the animal
Matched care guide

Ivory Millipede / Purple Rainbow Ivory

Chicobolus spinigerus - Spice 1 — Kid Safe. Baby Buddy for small juveniles; Burrow Buddy for display groups

Advanced + PDF Open simple guide
View in Care GuideZs library
Read shipping & LAG Build the habitat
About this Fella Big Z's notes

The Florida Ivory, with a hidden purple shimmer

This is Chicobolus spinigerus, the US-native Florida Ivory Millipede, in its “Purple Rainbow” color form: same hardy, easygoing species, but the dark bands throw an unexpected purple-violet iridescence when the light catches them. A genuinely uncommon look on a millipede that is normally about as common as they come.

Everything that makes the standard Ivory a great keep applies here: slow, gentle, totally harmless, an enthusiastic composter that turns a bed of oak leaf litter and rotting hardwood into both home and dinner. It is a perfect first invert and a quietly soothing one, with a collector twist for anyone who wants something the next person down the table does not have.

The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →

What ships with this order Care + shipping
  • Comes with a free species-oriented care guide
  • Heat / cold pack as needed for the week's forecast
  • Tracking + arrival window before ship-day
  • DM access to Big Z for the life of the animal
Read shipping & LAG Build the habitat
Care guideKid Safe - soft start
Matched care guide

Ivory Millipede / Purple Rainbow Ivory

Chicobolus spinigerus - Spice 1 — Kid Safe. Baby Buddy for small juveniles; Burrow Buddy for display groups

Advanced + PDF Open simple guide
View in Care GuideZs library
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