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Does anyone have any information on the captive care of this species? I've read contrasting reports of them being hardy captives to difficult to maintain?
 
There was a thread not too long ago about these guys. As far as I know, Cameron is the only one on the forum keeping them.
 
The general wisdom is that they are tough to keep and extremely shy. The main problem is their diet - they will pretty much refuse anything but earthworms. They really dislike red worms too, but with a lot of perseverance they will develop a taste for them. They like moist conditions and in captivity they are very active hunters on the surface in high humidity at night. Yes they are beautiful but they make very unrewarding pets in my opinion.
 
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Juveniles are also almost impossible to keep alive after morphing, at least from my experiences. Really depressing; they're a really beautiful species. The larvae eat really well, and then they morph and it's incredibly difficult to keep them alive, much less get them to thrive. I had one hang on for a year, but it just kinda sat there and was barely responsive the whole time, and then it eventually gave up the ghost.
 
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