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Millipede (aggregation)
22.9965, 87.6856
Field Notes
Description:
Wormlike body. Legs can be seen in the third photo...a cropped version.
Habitat:
Village Saiboni near Barasat. On a slab in a garden with many, many fruit trees. The soil is detritus rich which is food for millipedes.
Notes:
This behaviour is described as aggregation...
http://alisonbushnell.weebly.com/uploads/4/2/2/5/42257649/behavioral_ec…
To me it would seem to attract predators that could take mouthfuls...not really a case of safety in numbers.
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Millipede
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PublishedJune 21, 2015
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