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Causeyella youngsteadtorum, Youngsteadt's cave millipede, is a ghostly white millipede, first collected in 1976 by Norman and Jean Youngsteadt, but not recognized as a new species until 2003. [1] It has been found in seven caves in Boone and Searcy counties in Arkansas .
S. heros is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, from New Mexico and Arizona in the west to Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana in the east. Although this species is commonly referred to as the "giant desert centipede" because of its presence in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts, and other arid and semi-arid habitats, S. heros is also found in rocky woodland areas, such ...
Some millipedes are herbivorous, feeding on living plants, and some species can become serious pests of crops. Millipedes in the order Polyxenida graze algae from bark, and Platydesmida feed on fungi. [9] A few species are omnivorous or in Callipodida and Chordeumatida occasionally carnivorous, [57] feeding on insects, centipedes, earthworms ...
The Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüßler (German: "Millipede"), sometimes also called Tatzelwurm, was a cargo aircraft that was designed and produced in small numbers by the German aircraft manufacturer Arado Flugzeugwerke.
Northeastern Arkansas, historical records south of this along the Mississippi River may represent this species or Hurter's spadefoot [1] Hurter's spadefoot: Scaphiopus hurterii Strecker, 1910: Imperiled [26] Formerly considered the same species as the eastern spadefoot Along various rivers in northern and central Arkansas; widespread in southwest.
Under a microscope, the millipede with its 486 legs and helmet-like head resembles a creature in a Hollywood monster film. The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly ...
The greenhouse millipede (Oxidus gracilis), also known as the hothouse millipede, short-flange millipede, or garden millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae that has been widely introduced around the world, and is sometimes a pest in greenhouses.
Young centipedes have four pairs of legs when they are hatched. They gain a new pair with the first molting , and two pairs with each of their five subsequent moltings. Adults with 15 pairs of legs retain that number through three more molting stages (sequence 4-5-7-9-11-13-15-15-15-15 pairs).