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Millipedes can be an unwanted nuisance particularly in greenhouses where they can potentially cause severe damage to emergent seedlings. Most millipedes defend themselves with a variety of chemicals secreted from pores along the body, although the tiny bristle millipedes are covered with tufts of detachable bristles. Its primary defence ...
Analocostreptus gregorius, previously called Spirostreptus gregorius and sometimes called African olive millipede is a millipede of the family Spirostreptidae. The species was first described by Carl Attems in his 1914 Afrikanische Spirostreptiden: nebst Ueberblick über die Spirostreptiden orbis terrarum Attems, C. M. T. Graf von.
Ommatoiulus moreleti (spelt moreletii in older publications), commonly known as the Portuguese millipede, is a herbivorous millipede native to the western Iberian Peninsula where it shares its range with other Ommatoiulus species. [2] From here, it has spread by international commerce to a number of new localities.
It joins other millipedes found in the state, including one that until recently held the crown for the most legs of any creature ever recorded — a whopping 750 limbs.
Life restoration of Arthropleura walking along a sandy beach. Most fossils of Arthropleura are believed to represent exuviae (moulted shells) instead of carcasses. [18] Arthropleura has typically been reconstructed living in coal swamps, based on the co-occurrence of its fossils with dense plant remains and coal veins. However, this view is no ...
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Narceus americanus is a large millipede of eastern North America. Common names include American giant millipede, [1] worm millipede, and iron worm. [2] It inhabits the eastern seaboard of North America west to Georgetown, Texas, north of the Ottine wetlands. [3] It has a nearly cylindrical gray body, reaching a length of 4 inches (100 mm). [4]
Arthropleura's antennae are millipede-like, with seven segments. The shape of its feeding appendages and position of the jaws are centipede-like, though the shape of the jaws are millipede-like.