Millipede # Macro photography

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The millipede is a group of arthropods, you can find under the stone or in rotting bark around the world. The millipede has a long and narrow body which is made up of segments.

The millipede is a slow-moving detritivores, not harmful to humans. They eat rotten leaves, other dead plants, also some species eat mushrooms or suck up plant fluids.


The average millipede has between 80 and 400 legs, not a thousand as the name suggests, one family with centipedes. Millipede can reach 40cm long, and some species have poisonous bites.

The millipede is found all over the world but is more common in the southern hemisphere where the millipede has been known to get to nearly 40cm long. Some species of millipede have a poisonous bite which they use to kill their prey before eating it. Read more :a-z-animals


Distinction from centipedes.

The differences between millipedes and centipedes are a common question from the general public. Both groups of myriapods share similarities, such as long, multi-segmented bodies, many legs, a single pair of antennae, and the presence of postanntennal organs, but have many differences and distinct evolutionary histories, as the most recent common ancestor of centipedes and millipedes lived around 450 to 475 million years ago in the Silurian.
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Millipede and centipede differences.


Trait Millipedes Centipedes
Legs Two pairs on most body segments; attached to underside of body One pair per body segment; attached to sides of body; last pair extends backwards
Locomotion Generally adapted for burrowing or inhabiting small crevices; slow-moving Generally adapted for running, except for the burrowing soil centipedes
Feeding Primarily detritivores, some herbivores, few carnivores; no venom Primarily carnivores with claws modified into venomous fangs
Spiracles On underside of body On the sides or top of body
Reproductive openings Third body segment Last body segment
Reproductive behaviour Male generally inserts spermatophore into female with gonopods Male produces spermatophore that is usually picked up by female

Reproduction and growth.

In all except the bristle millipedes, copulation occurs with the two individuals facing one another.

The female millipede can lay up to 1,000 sticky eggs at once although the number of millipede eggs laid is usually closer to 500.

Millipedes show a diversity of mating styles and structures. In the basal order Polyxenida (bristle millipedes), mating is indirect: males deposit spermatophores onto webs they secrete with special glands, and the spermatophores are subsequently picked up by females. Read more : Wikidia


Here are some pictures that I took some time ago, I hope you all interested.


All image taken by smartphone camera, Xiaomi Redmi Note4, with additional macro lenses.


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