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Millipede

Diplopoda

Photo by m41816
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Field Notes

Description:

It's has many legs and it has gray stripes, between the gray stripes there are the red stripes. You can see its segment's texture clearly. It's about 10 cm long (medium size). Each segment has 2 pairs of legs except the head's segment.

Habitat:

Typically forest floor, they live in leaf litter, dead wood, or soil, with a preference for humid conditions.

Notes:

MILLIPEDES ARE CAN LIVE UP TO 7 YEARS.
In general, arthropods have short life spans, but millipedes aren't your average arthropods.

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PublishedJune 10, 2017

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