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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 ...
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.
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.
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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-Petzenstein in his 1914 "Afrikanische Spirostreptiden" from a specimen found in Angola . [ 1 ]
Harpaphe haydeniana, commonly known as the yellow-spotted millipede, almond-scented millipede or cyanide millipede, is a species of polydesmidan ("flat-backed") millipede found in the moist forests along the Pacific coast of North America, from Southeast Alaska to California.
As the name points out, Polydesmus angustus is a rather flat millipede, with all 20 segments' chitin extending laterally, an adaptation for digging and camouflaging in leaf litter. They are quite similar to other species in their same genus, P. coriaceus , P. denticulatus and P. inconstans , only being reliably identified by the shape of a male ...
Chordeumatida is the largest order in the superorder Nematophora, a group also known as spinning millipedes because their telsons feature spinnerets used to build nests of silk. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These millipedes produce this silk to create chambers in which to molt or to lay their eggs.