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This one has 19 or 20 segments, but I couldn't count his feet. Males have 30 pairs, and females 31, for a total of 62 feet. Not the thousand that its name implies.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Cyanide millipede
Among the browns and greens of the leaf litter on the forested slope of Watershed Park, a yellow dotted line appears, moving slowly from one rotting leaf to the next. Don't touch him; he will release toxic cyanide if he's annoyed. It has a pleasant, almond scent, but it will irritate your skin. Let him be; he's busy turning last year's leaves to this year's soil.
This one has 19 or 20 segments, but I couldn't count his feet. Males have 30 pairs, and females 31, for a total of 62 feet. Not the thousand that its name implies.
This one has 19 or 20 segments, but I couldn't count his feet. Males have 30 pairs, and females 31, for a total of 62 feet. Not the thousand that its name implies.
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In millipedes it's generally the 7th segment that has the gonopods, so the 7th segment is where you get only one pair of legs in males.
ReplyDeleteYours appears to be male.
Thanks, Sara, I see the segment now. I was counting legs, and they didn't match up, probably because the front ones don't show.
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