#millipede

[crevicedwelling]

this is an Abacion, a member of one of North America’s most nicely textured millipede genera. they’re both very fast and also produce an extremely powerfully-scented defense chemical.

at first, it smells rather like horse manure, and almost unbearably so. but when harassed further this one produced beads of white substance from every segment, and this stuff had an added vanilla scent on top of the dunghill odor. now, after dissipating overnight, the container I kept this animal in smells oddly of chocolate.

…the funny thing being the container’s original purpose was to hold little Japanese chocolate candies, and I spent a long time trying to purge it of the chocolate smell. which just got added back by a stinky millipede

#bugs #millipede #callipodida #Abacion #myriapoda

[violetbudd]

#millipede #arthropods #glitter graphics #glittercore #glitter gif #my glitter edit #do not repost

[will-bonna]

i think millipedes would be fun in hollow knight

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#my art #hollow knight #hk #hk fanart #hk deepnest #critter #be nice to him he’s a bit creeped out by his arms too #millipede #creature #creepy #the amount of times i’ve giggled over how gross but silly he looks is uncountable #ok goodnight #mimimimimi

[bug-kisser]

If I had mandibles I'd clack them together like tongs all the time

#bugs #bugkissing #insects #crustacean nation #isopods #millipede #ants #crustaceans #insect #millipedes

[alexmey-does-an-arts]

pillbug girl goes to a party and meets someone

sequel

update: 30k

#original character #bug #pillbug #woodlouse #roly poly #millipede

[beausbugbiome]

Guys look at this GIANT millipede!! Free pattern from Projectarian! 🐛✨

Definitely want to make one myself!

#millipede #millipedes #crochet #crochet critters #myriapod #myriapoda #myriapods #insects #entomology #bugs #insect #bug #nature #bugblr #projectarian #needle crafts #yarn

[buglover724]

when u cyberbully me. this is who u hurt

#media #pic #bugs #millipede #millipedes

[pelagodes]

eating u and eating u and

#American giant millipede #millipede #Narceus #entomology #myriapoda #need for pede #chomp

[beebeedibapbeediboop]

"Gnaha, scared of me?"

#artists on tumblr #illustration #character design #original #monster girl #insect people #millipede #millipede monster #she is just...so cute #I went bazonker with the rendering #I love her...maybe a friend of mancielle :D

[onenicebugperday]

Very busy today so just have two millipedes mating! Happy Friday!

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

#animals #bugs #curators on tumblr #myriapods #millipede #one nice bug

[crevicedwelling]

one of the most impressive animals I met this year was a huge platyrhacid millipede, found chugging through some bamboo leaf litter in Malaysia.

he was a pleasant weight to hold in the hand, but spread out over so many gentle, graceful legs. the video offers a nice look at his eyeless face—all polydesmidan millipedes lack eyes.

I only hung onto this animated spinal cord for about thirty seconds before setting him back in the leaves, but I recall this encounter so vividly. a truly memorable creature

#bugs #millipede #polydesmida #myriapoda

[drafthearse]

millipedes from wikimedia commons

#millipede #finds

[apsciencebydan]

There were so many flatback millipedes out after dark this evening (like, hard to avoid stepping on them) and I'm slowly getting better at shooting fluorescent creatures 🖤🩵

#nature #animals #bugblr #photography #invertebrates #science #Millipede #myriapods

[grumpy-beetle]

Pill millipedes!

These guys feed on lichen and look to be quite young still!

Rhopalomeris carnifex

#millipede #pill millipede #bugs #insect #myriapod #mybugs

[alienbath]

One of my favorite millipedes, just stunning

#Anadenobolus arboreus leucosomus #millipede #bugs #bug #insects #animals #arthropods

[infodumpingaboutnature]

New Millipede!!! Sphaerobelum turcosa is a newly discovers species of pill millipede that was recently discovered in the Loei province of Thailand. A team of researchers were doing field work in the Phu Pha Lom Forest when they discovered fourteen of these brightly colored millipedes. Due to their stunning coloration these pill millipedes were nicknamed “The Jewel of The Forest”.

Pill millipedes have convergently evolved a body structure similar to that of isopods (aka roly polies) and have comparatively shorter bodies than other species of millipedes, and like roly polies they will roll themselves into a ball when they feel threatened.

The bright turquoise color of Sphaerobelum turcosa helps warn predators that they are poisonous and not to eat them. This millipede also has tan markings on its exoskeleton that form a mask-like marking that helps to scare off potential predators.

#millipede #animals #infodump #informative #thailand #new species #science #new discoveries