Biological Tuesday |
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* Millipede *
An incredibly fascinating creature, the Millipede comes in a wide
variety of types. On the trail up in Oregon around the Multnomah
falls area this one here was only about 3" in length and was
very fast. I never got a full, clear shot of it. I actually thought this was a
centipede for quite some time, but after some research found this one to be a
millipede. Centipedes have two legs per segment (one on each side), where
millipedes have four (two on each side).
I recall about 15 years ago I found a very large Centipede at my
grandmother's house out in the country in Texas. It was
approximately 10" in length and was incredible. With a long,
black, segmented body, and long, yellow legs with stingers at the
ends of each one, all the way up to its large bright red head. I
took it home and kept it in a nice habitat for several months,
feeding it raw meat.