#flat-backed millipede

[maarvaazsinak]

New friends (Polydesmus angustus) found while looking for bugs for bird baby under some turfs stacked up by my parents' shed.

Was very thirsty and came over to get moisture where I added it.

#polydesmusangustus #Flat-backed millipede

[onenicebugperday]

Dragon millipede, Desmoxytes planata, Paradoxosomatidae

Native to the Andaman Islands and has been introduced to many places in South and Southeast Asia.

Photo 1 by kyosapir, 2-3 by walk_a_long, 4 by yriassic85, and 5 by phuwarin

#animals #bugs #curators on tumblr #myriapods #millipede #dragon millipede #Desmoxytes planata #flat backed millipede #one nice bug

[alienbath]

This is a flat-back millipede, these guys produce hydrogen cyanide and can be freaky to look at but they’re just little guys

(Source: MarkEisingBirding)

#milipede #flat back milipede #Barydesmus sp #Giant Flat-backed Millipede #Polydesmida #arthropods

[jenfoundabug]

Xystocheir dissecta, a species of flat-backed millipede found only in California. They’re fairly common in forest litter around the Bay Area and show up very well with a black light at night. Like many flat-backed millipedes, they produce hydrogen cyanide as a chemical defense against predators.

Here’s the same individual in white light:

#Xystocheir dissecta #flat backed millipede #millipedes #polydesmida #Bay Area wildlife #bugs #nature #nature photography #biodiversity #animals #inaturalist #arthropods #creepy crawlies #fluorescent #gummy worms #biology nerd #zoology #interesting #educational #bugblr #uv light #invertebrates #cyanide #creature #critters #bay area #california

[rattyexplores]

Pale Flat-backed Millipede

Unidentified, order Polydesmida

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

#Polydesmida #unidentified #Flat-backed Millipedes #Helminthomorpha #Worm-like Millipedes #Diplopoda #Millipedes #Myriapoda #Myriapods #invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs tw #insects #insect #insecta #insectblr #insects tw #bugs #bugblr #bug #entomology

[littlewigglers]

Bark trying to breed?? With Rain and it sure is something to see.

#bug #bugs #insect #insects #millipede #millipedes #I think that’s what’s happening #but I think their species are just too different for it to work out #I can see Rains little face and feelers moving so I don’t think Bark is you know eating them #I think I should get some more flat back millipedes in the future

[itsdetachable]

Isopod terrarium 2.0 is set up so it can be ready for the isopods when they come!

The help get thing going, I managed to collect a few baby roly polys (like 3 of them lol) and a handful of flat backed millipedes! I hope the millipedes survive. I'm going to go grab some moss in a bit.

This time around I taped a lot of plastic wrap over most of the air holes to help with moisture and I miiiiight get a humidity measure thingy. Why not.

#isopod terrarium #terrarium #millipede #flat backed millipede

[goblincreatureofthedeep]

Moar bug, some flat back millipedes, collected while raking leaves.

#pet millipede #millipede #flat back millipede

[bytesizeambs]

Watch "Millipede | Georgia Flat-Backed Millipede #shorts #millipede #cutecritters #millipedes #fascinating" on YouTube

We get a ton of these millipedes this time of year. They're definitely fascinating to watch, and learning about their poison was also really neat.

#amberlou #bytesizeambs #youtube #youtube shorts #nature #shorts #bytesizeambs shorts #hiking adventures #millipede #flat backed #flat backed millipede #georgia flat backed millipede #fascinating bugs

[jenisis]

Found a hitchhiker in the Dumpy enclosure. Looks like maybe a Polydesmus? Not versed in myriapods.

#invertebrates #cw bugs #myriapods #Polydesma sp. #millipede #flat-back millipede?

[crevicedwelling]

do millipedes spray cyanide? i relocated a couple while cleaning my yard and now i'm mildly concerned

the millipedes that release hydrogen cyanide release it as a gas. these include various flat-back millipedes, although there’s plenty of flat-backs that just use a benzoquinone-based fluid defense chemical, which is what many other common millipedes produce (including the round-backed juliforms one often finds in the yard). in either case, you’d need to swallow a millipede for it to do you any great harm.

Apheloria virginiensis is one local to me, and I am guilty of picking them up when on walks in the woods to smell the cyanide: it’s a fragrant scent of almonds or cherries.

cyanide-producing millipedes, since their defense chemical is gaseous, really can’t hurt you unless you’ve already ingested the millipede or are like huffing dozens of them, which would both be probably be actions deserving of consequences.

other millipedes’ liquid chemicals usually just smell foul, like burning rubber. most millipedes under 3-4 cm aren’t going to pack much of a toxic punch at all. some of the larger tropical species in the Spirobolida and Spirostreptida can cause caustic burns if it isn’t washed off soon with detergent or if you have very sensitive skin. I’ve harassed plenty a Narceus and gotten some yellow, later dark purple stains on my hands, but that was the extent of it.

#bugs #millipede #diplopoda #bug safety

[gallusrostromegalus]

aeiwam word search: strange?

It wasn't a bad table, really- Nobody had experience with workbenches and had managed to create a large, flat surface at about chest height to Ichibei and Shinso when they were sitting on the floor beside it. The “table” just also happened to be significantly larger than was practical, and the hundreds of tiny, spindly legs that held it up had gotten ideas about mobility, making the table amble along like a strange, flat-backed millipede that could seat fifty.

God Still Not Clear About Furniture

#AEIWAM word search game

[onenicebugperday]

@rogueinkglitch submitted: A plethora of friends from Ohio! A lovely mantis who has made its home in the flower garden and is getting bigger by the day, one of the many cicadas who I have been rescuing from the pavement on my college campus, a caterpillar, an absolute stunning centipede, two of the many millipede found in a crevice in a rock face while hiking, a beetle of some kind, another beetle, and a very pretty moth who did a little wiggle dance then went to sleep on my arm for a while before I coaxed her back onto a leaf so I could go inside. Exact ids on any of these babies would be appreciated, all are from Ohio!

Side note you are one of my favorite blogs, most of my friends are not insect fans so I love sharing my finds here where I know a lot of people will enjoy them!

Thank you! I am very glad to receive and coo over any and all bug photos, so you've come to the right place.

In order: Chinese mantis, dog-day cicada, white-marked tussock moth caterpillar, NOT a centipede but rather a black and gold flat millipede, American giant millipede, would need a clearer photo but looks weevil-y?, not a beetle but a leaf-footed bug, and finally idk offhand. Brown mystery moth.

Thanks for sharing all your lovely friends!

#animals #bugs #insects #submission #myriapods #praying mantis #mantid #chinese mantis #cicada #dog day cicada #white marked tussock moth #caterpillar #larva #tussock moth caterpillar #millipede #flat backed millipede #polydesmida #black and gold flat millipede #american giant millipede #beetle #weevil #true bugs #leaf footed bug #moth #long post

[grumpy-beetle]

Hey!! So I’ve come to tumblr for help with preserving/pinning bugs!! I’m a major taxidermy nerd but this feels very different so I’m not sure where to begin.

I found this dragonfly while cleaning my house and would love to preserve them for photography and display. Just have no idea what to do or wear to begin. Any advice would be amazing!!

Hi there!! What a GORGEOUS dragonfly you found! And big one too! I'm jealous

You've come to the right place though! I've done a good bit of hobby taxidermy in the past and can give you some pointers!

Get yourself some insect pins. You can find these on ebay or amazon I assume. Don't get super long ones, most frames are only about 1-2 inches wide. They're special pins that are thin and sharp. Your choice which ones! (I still have to cut mine down lol)

Find a frame! The term you'll be searching for is going to be 'shadowbox' when looking online. You'll want a fabric backing inside it and enough space between it and the glass to fit your bug. There's special bug frames you can get. I usually go to my local store and get a fabric back crafting frame with a magnetic hinge door.

While you wait to get your pins, your bug is already dry so just keep it away from dust and fracturing. You can clean it with isopropyl on q-tips. Until then! Store in a dry place. (Unless it's a bug that freshly died for you- in that case, off they go into the fridge until they can be pinned.)

You got your pins. Great! Get yourself a container big enough to fit it. Paper towel at the bottom soaked in alcohol/isopropyl. Put another layer between that. Put your bug on top. Put the lid on. This will soften your bug so you can manipulate it. Leave for 24 hours or more.

Now your bug is soft. It won't be nearly as easy as it'd be with a fresh one- so you'll have to be careful with that abdomen. One pin goes through the thorax. That's your main holding pin. Manipulate your bug into place with the rest of the pins.

DO NOT PIN THROUGH THE WINGS. You will want to get a few pieces of cardboard or more styrofoam and stack em under the wings until they can lay flat. Clear piece of plastic (from a box or laminating sheet or something clear) over the wings, and you pin through THAT until it holds the wing tightly in place.

Now just to leave it to dry again! Not in the sun, not over a pure radiator, not anywhere humid. It will take a few weeks. Your bug is dry when you can't move their legs, leave longer for Thiccer bugs. I like to put mine near/atop my geckos heatlamp.

That's pretty much it!

Some bugs need different methods- like millipedes, or stickbugs that need to be gutted and stuffed. But a dragonfly should be good with just drying! Most bugs are.

Here's a picture of my current beetle drying.

Hope that helps!

#rennaissance-painting #bug pinning #tutorial #big pinning guide #taxidermy #entomology #beetle #dragonfly #pebble cameo #insects #insect #bug #bugblr

[kestrels-and-katydids]

Myriapoda Poll Round 1

extra fun stuff!

known by many names (with the one i use being the aromatic cherry millipede), this millipede is infamous for its chemical defense. cherry millipedes secret a cyanide compound that many say smells like maraschino cherries

the eastern bark centipede is pretty recognizable in the eastern united states and mexico due to it's blue-green back. this was the first centipede species observed with sexually dimorphic venom composition.

#cherry millipede #eastern bark centipede #myriapoda #millipedes #diplopoda #centipedes #chilopoda #bugs #arthropods #polls

[rattyexplores]

Strange pyrgodesmid millipedes.

13/01/24 - Pyrgodesmidae sp.

QLD:WET

#nature #invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #unidentified #Pyrgodesmidae #Worm-like Millipedes #Polydesmida #Flat-backed Millipedes #Diplopoda #Millipedes #Myriapoda #Myriapods