Centipede Enclosure Starter Kit
- Regular price
- $180.00
- Sale price
Everything your centipede needs in one box. The large acrylic enclosure is filled with deep, moist, wood-rich substrate, cork bark and moss, giving centipedes the forest-floor layer they hunt in, burrow through and moult in.
Ideal for: any Centipede from our store (NOT INCLUDED)
Choose your size
- Large Acrylic Box ($180): A medium to large species of centipede (5-20+cm).
What's in the kit
- 1x Large Acrylic Box
- 1x Springtail & Isopod Substrate Mix, measured for deep burrowing
- 2x Cork Bark Pieces or Wood
- 1x Live Moss
- 1x Misting Bottle
Why choose a bioactive centipede enclosure?
A bioactive enclosure is a living habitat: live plants, natural substrate and leaf litter or moss work together like a slice of the wild. It holds humidity more steadily than a bare tank, gives your animal room to dig, climb and hide, and looks like a piece of nature in your home. Every part of this kit is chosen by our team for centipede, so you skip the guesswork and start with a setup we'd use ourselves.
Setting up your centipede enclosure
- Temperature: 20–26°C; room temperature in most homes.
- Humidity: keep the substrate moist throughout, with a slightly drier corner.
- Food: rotting hardwood and leaf litter, plus vegetables, fruit and cuttlebone for calcium.
- Depth: keep at least 10cm of substrate so centipede can burrow and moult safely.
Pickup and delivery
Invertebrate kits ship Australia-wide by standard post, or collect from our Surry Hills store.
centipede enclosure kit FAQ
What do centipede need in their enclosure?
Deep, moist substrate rich in rotting wood, leaf litter on top and a source of calcium such as cuttlebone.
Are centipede good pets for kids?
Yes. really fun to watch eat, and observe but not recommended for handling
Do centipede need heat?
No. Room temperature suits most species.
Pairs well with: Westwood's Green Centipede (Cormocephalus westwoodi),, Giant Centipede (Scolopendra laeta), Giant Australasian Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes)
Supplies ship within 1 to 2 business days, depending on stock, and usually arrive 1 to 3 days after dispatch.
Live animals ship on Mondays and Tuesdays only, so they are never in transit over a weekend. Order by 11am Sunday to ship that week. Orders containing a live animal ship together on the next live dispatch day.
We hold live animal orders during very hot or very cold weather and ship them once conditions are safe. We’ll let you know if your order is held.
We ship Australia-wide. Live animals cannot be shipped to the Northern Territory or Tasmania.
Read our full Shipping Policy.
Our Surry Hills store is small, so we keep in-store stock deliberately limited. Not everything online is on the shelf, so call us on (02) 7813 9640 before visiting for a specific item.
All reptiles and amphibians are sold online only, due to permit requirements.
Visit us at Shop 5, 450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Open Wednesday to Sunday.
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If your animal arrives dead, contact us within one hour of delivery with a photo, and we will send a replacement. You don’t pay shipping on the replacement. Photo helps us identify what caused death so we can help prevent it from happening again with your order, and others.
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Insects, spiders and supplies: most don’t need a licence, but rules vary by state and species.
See our Reptile & Frog Licensing Guide for every state.
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