{"id":927,"date":"2014-06-15T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=927"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T12:02:10","slug":"millipede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2014\/06\/15\/millipede\/","title":{"rendered":"Millipede"},"content":{"rendered":"

The word millipede literally means a creature with a thousand legs.
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A milliped.<\/p><\/div>\n

They are arthropods with many legs, although less then a thousand. I took these pictures in Hungary in a meadow in a nature reserve<\/a>. It is likely to be a Megaphyllum Unilineatum<\/em> but I cannot be certain. Neither the picture quality nor the information I was able to find gives any certainty to make a positive ID.<\/p>\n

Millipedes are usually harmless detrivores, but they do produce nasty smelling chemicals for defense. Apparently in some places they show up in such large numbers as to become a nuisance.<\/p>\n

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