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Description:

I spotted this pretty little millipedes curled up on the floor. It has about 20- 8- segments with 2 pairs of legs on each. They are said to eat decaying leaves and other plant matter. They are sometimes poisonous and move slowly.

Notes:

Millipedes can be easily distinguished from the somewhat similar and closely related centipedes (Class Chilopoda), which move rapidly, and have a single pair of legs for each body segment

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PublishedJune 20, 2013

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